Agricultural Soil Management Optimization: The Contribution of Soil Erosion Monitoring
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil Conservation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: water erosion processes on agricultural land; application and development of regional soil erosion and sediment transport models; SfM-MVS photogrammetry and UAV based monitoring of soil erosion; silting of reservoirs and eutrophication; applied geoinformatics and remote sensing in landscape planning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable agriculture is key to the sustainability of human life on Earth. However, soil erosion and associated soil loss and sediment transport have become a global threat to Earth’s ecosystems. Erosion by water is the factor contributing the most to the degradation of agricultural soils in temperate climates, and erosion also causes significant sediment-related problems off-site. The effectiveness of proposed soil erosion control techniques and strategies depends on the proper quantitative assessment of soil erosion risk in a range of environments.
In soil erosion control, simple empirical models are widely used for control design. However, without verification by measurements, these models can only provide qualitative assessments. Lack of spatial data to properly distinguish among different soil erosion processes still limits the potential for properly addressing the effectiveness of conservative agriculture techniques, as well as protective strips, buffer zones, and other management strategies. Thanks to recent rapid developments in remote sensing and UAV technologies, extensive data collection now makes it possible to better understand the relation between rain, field conditions, and induced erosion processes.
The same is true for the effective implementation of connectivity in soil erosion models. Quantitative monitoring and measurements of both field processes and sediment yields are needed to account for the actual sediment delivery and sediment trapping efficiency of any proposed measure. This Special Issue aims to present original contributions and case studies focused on soil erosion and sediment transport monitoring in the context described above.
Dr. Josef Krasa
Guest Editor
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