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Data from: ‘Field measurement of wind erosion flux and soil erodibility factors as affected by tillage and seasonal drought’

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posted on 2024-02-26, 20:54 authored by Stephen D. Merrill, Ted M. Zobeck, Mark LiebigMark Liebig

There are very few reports in the literature with field measurements of wind erosion flux associated with different forms of tillage management. Measurements of wind erosion flux were conducted to quantify the effects of soil tillage disturbance on wind erosion at a site in south central North Dakota USA in 2003 and 2004. The study was conducted on the Area IV Soil Conservation Districts Research Farm. The study site consisted of gently rolling topography (0-3%) with Temvik-Wilton silt loam soils (USDA: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive frigid Typic and Pachic Haplustolls). Three tillage treatments were included in the study: no-tillage (NT), an intermediate level of disturbance, one-pass tandem disk tillage (TDT), and a heavier level of disturbance, two-pass offset disk tillage (ODT). Erosion flux was measured with sediment samplers of the Big Spring Number Eight type from May through September each year. Sediment samplers were positioned near the peripheries of plots and captured soil flux between 5 and 10 cm height. Vertical flux profile was determined by stacked sediment samplers capturing flux at five heights between 5 and 100 cm. Measurements were applied to soil wind erodibility factors, including multiple within-season determinations of prostrate residue coverage (including live material) by marked cable technique, standing residue by photographic means, soil surface roughness by chain method, and twice per season determinations of aggregate size distribution by compact rotary sieve. Data associated with this study should be of interest to soil conservationists, soil scientists, earth scientists, agronomists and others interested in the increased erosion hazards occurring as result of global climate change. Data are generally applicable to croplands under a semiarid Continental climate for the following soil types: Grassna, Linton, Mandan, Temvik, Williams, and Wilton.

Funding

USDA-ARS:3064-21660-005-000D

History

Data contact name

Liebig, Mark A.

Data contact email

mark.liebig@usda.gov

Publisher

Ag Data Commons

Intended use

There have been very few reports in the literature of actual field measurements of wind erosion associated with different types of soil tillage disturbance. The database associated with this study should be of interest to soil conservationists, soil scientists, earth scientists, agronomists and others particularly interested in the increased erosion hazards occurring as result of global climate change.

Use limitations

Data are generally applicable to croplands under a semiarid Continental climate for the following soil types: Grassna, Linton, Mandan, Temvik, Williams, and Wilton.

Temporal Extent Start Date

2003-01-01

Temporal Extent End Date

2004-12-31

Frequency

  • irregular

Theme

  • Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Southernmost ¼ of section 17, township 138N, range 81W of Morton County, North Dakota Area IV SCD Cooperative Research Farm -100.9377, 46.7716

ISO Topic Category

  • farming
  • environment

Ag Data Commons Group

  • Northern Plains
  • Long-Term Agroecosystem Research

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

wind erosion; erodibility; drought; North Dakota; soil conservation; farms; rolling; topography; silt loam soils; USDA; Haplustolls; no-tillage; discing; sediments; samplers; wind; surface roughness; scientists; agronomists; climate change; cropland; continental climates; databases

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

ARS National Program Number

  • 216

ARIS Log Number

413013

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Public Access Level

  • Public

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