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Main Title Implications of Climate Change Scenarios for Soil Erosion Potential in the USA.
Author Phillips, D. L. ; White, D. ; Johnson, C. B. ;
CORP Author Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. ;ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Corvallis, OR.
Publisher c1993
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA/600/J-93/346;
Stock Number PB93-229649
Additional Subjects Soil erosion ; Climate change ; General circulation models ; Atmospheric effects ; Climate models ; Greenhouse gases ; Rainfall ; Precipitation(Meteorology) ; Soil mechanics ; Erosion rates ; Surface runoff ; Maps ; Reprints ; Universal soil loss equation
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Abstract Atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) project that increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases may result in global changes in temperature and precipitation over the next 40-100 years. Equilibrium climate scenarios from four GCMs run under doubled CO2 conditions were examined for their effect on the climatic potential for sheet and rill erosion in the conterminous USA. Changes in the mean annual rainfall factor (R) in the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) were calculated for each cropland, pastureland and rangeland sample point in the 1987 National Resources Inventory. With all other USLE factors held constant these changes in R translated to changes in the sheet and rill erosion national average of +2 to +16 per cent in croplands, -2 to +10 per cent in pasturelands and -5 to +22 per cent in rangelands under the eight scenarios. Land with erosion rates above the soil loss tolerance (T) level and land classified as highly erodible (erodibility index > 8) also increased slightly. (Copyright (c) 1993 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.)
Supplementary Notes Pub. in Land Degradation and Rehabilitation, v4 p61-72 1993. Prepared in cooperation with ManTech Environmental Technology, Inc., Corvallis, OR.
NTIS Title Notes Journal article.
Title Annotations Reprint: Implications of Climate Change Scenarios for Soil Erosion Potential in the USA.
Category Codes 48E; 55C; 98C
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/02
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Control Number 329432822
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