Soil erosion modeled with USLE, GIS, and remote sensing: a case study of Ikkour watershed in Middle Atlas (Morocco)

A El Jazouli, A Barakat, A Ghafiri, S El Moutaki… - Geoscience Letters, 2017 - Springer
The Ikkour watershed located in the Middle Atlas Mountain (Morocco) has been a subject of
serious soil erosion problems. This study aimed to assess the soil erosion susceptibility in …

A national scale flood hazard mapping methodology: The case of Greece–Protection and adaptation policy approaches

NN Kourgialas, GP Karatzas - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work introduces a national scale flood hazard assessment methodology, using
multi-criteria analysis and artificial neural networks (ANNs) techniques in a GIS environment …

Assessment of soil erosion under long-term projections of climate change in Poland

P Marcinkowski, S Szporak-Wasilewska, I Kardel - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil is a major natural resource fundamental for food production, and a habitat for living
organisms. It is therefore extremely important to prevent its erosion. It is assumed that 50% of …

Assessing soil loss by water erosion in a typical Mediterranean ecosystem of northern Greece under current and future rainfall erosivity

S Stefanidis, V Alexandridis, C Chatzichristaki… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil is a non-renewable resource essential for life existence. During the last decades it has
been threatened by accelerating erosion with negative consequences for the environment …

The significance of digital elevation models in the calculation of LS factor and soil erosion

M Michalopoulou, N Depountis, K Nikolakopoulos… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on the role of topography in soil erosion modelling by examining the
impact of topographic data from various sources on the calculation of the slope length and …

Assessment of intra-annual and inter-annual variabilities of soil erosion in Crete Island (Greece) by incorporating the Dynamic “Nature” of R and C-Factors in RUSLE …

C Polykretis, DD Alexakis, MG Grillakis, S Manoudakis - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Under the continuously changing conditions of the environment, the exploration of spatial
variability of soil erosion at a sub-annual temporal resolution, as well as the identification of …

GIS and remote sensing aided information for soil moisture estimation: A comparative study of interpolation techniques

PK Srivastava, PC Pandey, GP Petropoulos… - Resources, 2019 - mdpi.com
Soil moisture represents a vital component of the ecosystem, sustaining life-supporting
activities at micro and mega scales. It is a highly required parameter that may vary …

Soil erosion assessment by rusle, google earth engine, and geospatial techniques over rel river watershed, Gujarat, India

KH Jodhani, D Patel, N Madhavan… - … Conservation Science and …, 2023 - Springer
The assessment of soil erosion holds paramount significance in sustainable land
management and environmental conservation. In this context, the integration of advanced …

Optimal irrigation planning for addressing current or future water scarcity in Mediterranean tree crops

NN Kourgialas, GC Koubouris, Z Dokou - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Water scarcity in the Mediterranean region is becoming a growing concern, threatening the
viability of agriculture, which is one of the main economic sectors in many areas. The design …

Integrated use of satellite remote sensing, artificial neural networks, field spectroscopy, and GIS in estimating crucial soil parameters in terms of soil erosion

DD Alexakis, E Tapoglou, AEK Vozinaki, IK Tsanis - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion is one of the main causes of soil degradation among others (salinization,
compaction, reduction of organic matter, and non-point source pollution) and is a serious …