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Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, Version 2 (RUSLE2)

software

posted on 2023-11-30, 07:19 authored by USDA National Soil Erosion Research Lab

RUSLE2 is a program used to evaluate potential erosion rates at specific sites as well as guide conservation and erosion control planning. It also provides economic information about fuel use and costs for specific crop management systems. The RUSLE2 site also supplies data files from their site that work together in these categories: Crop Management Zone, Climate, and Soil.

RUSLE2 uses factors based on climate, soil erodibility, topography, cover management and support practices to compute soil erosion. Conservation planning concepts must be understood and implemented into the RUSLE2 program in order for this program to be used effectively.

Resources in this dataset:

Resource Title: RUSLE2 software download.

File Name: RUSLE2_Program_File, url: http://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/RUSLE2_ftp/RUSLE2_Program_File
RUSLE2 download files: http://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/RUSLE2_ftp/RUSLE2_Program_File Related data files include: NCRS Master Database - download: https://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/RUSLE2_ftp/NRCS_Base_Database/ NCRS Climate Data - download: https://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/RUSLE2_ftp/Climate_data/ Crop Management Templates, Crop Management Zone Maps Data Files: https://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/RUSLE2_ftp/Crop_Management_Templates/ Soils data - files by state: https://fargo.nserl.purdue.edu/rusle2_dataweb/NRCS_Soils_Data_Files.htm

Funding

Natural Resources Conservation Service

History

Data contact name

Kucera, Michael

Data contact email

michael.kucera@usda.gov

Publisher

USDA National Soil Erosion Research Lab

Temporal Extent Start Date

2004-01-01

Frequency

continual

Theme

Not specified

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

United States

ISO Topic Category

boundaries
elevation
geoscientificInformation
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

conservation practices; models; soil

OMB Bureau Code

005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

005:040 - National Research

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No

Related material without URL

Renard, K. G., Yoder, D. C., Lightle, D. T., & Dabney, S. M. (2011). Universal soil loss equation and revised universal soil loss equation. In Morgan, R.P.C. and Nearing, M.A., Eds., Handbook of erosion modelling. Blackwell Publ., Oxford, UK, 137-167.

Public Access Level

Public

Preferred dataset citation

USDA National Soil Erosion Research Lab (2015). Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, Version 2 (RUSLE2). USDA National Soil Erosion Research Lab .

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RUSLE2 soil erosion EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS climate topography Conservation data.gov ARS

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