The main objective of the SoDA (Soil Degradation Assessment) project is to realize a
simulator of soil surface degradation by rainfall at the meter scale and including
visualization. Soil surface structure and morphology deeply influence a lot of processes of
high agronomic and environmental relevance, such as mass and heat transfer through the
soil–atmosphere interface, runoff and erosion, seed germination and seedling emergence.
The soil surface structure of agricultural field is in continuous evolution: it is strongly affected …