Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3845-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-3845-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
Research article
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11 Sep 2015
Research article |  | 11 Sep 2015

Use of satellite and modeled soil moisture data for predicting event soil loss at plot scale

F. Todisco, L. Brocca, L. F. Termite, and W. Wagner

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We developed a new formulation of USLE, named Soil Moisture for Erosion (SM4E), that directly incorporates soil moisture information. SM4E is applied here by using modeled data and satellite observations obtained from the Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT). SM4E is found to outperform USLE and USLE-MM models in silty–clay soil in central Italy. Through satellite data, there is the potential of applying SM4E for large-scale monitoring and quantification of the soil erosion process.
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