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Modeling aggregate size distribution of eroded sediment resulting from rain-splash and raindrop impacted flow processes

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Soil susceptibility to detachment and transport sub-processes of erosion is generally controled by the aggregate breakdown mechanism. Measuring particle size and aggregation to the estimate erodibility potential of soils is important under erosive rainfall conditions. The Aggregate Size Distribution (ASD) is one of the most important determinants of soil structure along with soil organic matter content for describing the efficiency of applied, sustainable management strategies. This study aimed to compare the performances of three different aggregate size distribution models to predict the characteristic aggregate size parameter (median diameter, D50) for eroded sediment from interrill erosion processes of Rain-Splash Transport (RST) and Raindrop Impacted Flow Transport (RIFT). The ASDs of 1143 collected sedi-ment samples from the RST and RIFT processes were measured and modeled by the Log-normal, Fractal, and Weibull approaches. The D50 value, as a characteristic parameter for aggregate size distributions, derived from the cumulative ASD curve was compared for soils from different land use types and dif-ferent slope and rainfall intensity conditions. The performance of each model was evaluated using the Mean Square Error (MSE) and Coefficient of Determination (R2). The Weibull approach was the most accurate model showing the best fit with the lowest MSE values (0.0002 ≤ MSE ≤ 0.0048) and having the greatest R2 values (0.936 ≤ R2 ≤ 0.998) when compared with the Log-normal and Fractal models. Herewith, for semi-arid land use and soil, specific shape and scale parameters for the Weibull dis-tribution, the respective ASDs were successfully re-generated for modeling the eroded sediment of the simulated RST and RIFT interill processes.

Aggregate size distributionEroded sedimentLog-normal modelFractal modelWeibul model

Selen Deviren Saygin、Gunay Erpul

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Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ankara, 06110 Diskapi-Ankara, Turkey

This work was supported by the Scientific Research Project Office of Ankara University (A.U. BAP) [

project number 10B4347001]

2019

国际泥沙研究(英文版)
国际泥沙研究培训中心

国际泥沙研究(英文版)

SCI
影响因子:0.337
ISSN:1001-6279
年,卷(期):2019.34(2)
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