Soil erosion spatial modelling with RUSLE in ArcGIS software

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Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course and certificate fees

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₹ 2,699
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The syllabus

Introduction

  • Information about the course
  • Start the RUSLE project

Fundamental theory

  • Soil
  • Soil erosion
  • Soil erosion prevention
  • Different soil erosion models
  • RUSLE model concept

R factor (Rainfall erosivity)

  • R factor. Theory
  • Download precipitation data
  • Global rainfall erosivity map from ESDAC
  • Working with precipitation in NetCDF file of CRU
  • Reproject monthly rainfall data
  • R factor calculation with CRU monthly data
  • R factor from EUJRE
  • R factor for 30 meter pixel resolution

K factor (Soil erodibility)

  • K factor. Theory
  • K factor calculation in Excel for dominant soil from FAO soil
  • Fill attribute table with K factor
  • Make K factor raster image

LS factor (Slope length)

  • LS factor. Theory
  • Download DEM
  • Create Fill and flow direction for study area
  • Flow accumulation
  • Slope in radians
  • LS factor map
  • Correct LS values above 1000

C factor (Land use and land cover)

  • С factor. Theory
  • Download Landsat images
  • Composite bands
  • Mosaic Landsat images
  • NDVI map
  • Making C factor map

P factor (Conservation practice factor)

  • P factor. Theory
  • P factor table for slope and land cover
  • Supervised classification of the study area in ArcGIS
  • Reclasiffy slope and combine with classification map
  • Assigning P factor values for classes in attribute table
  • Extracting P values into seperate raster dataset and reprojecting

Final water erosion modelling with RUSLE

  • Making the final RUSLE model
  • Resample into 100 meter resolution
  • Making image representation for final map

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