Application of aerial photographic and computer analysis to the USLE for areawide erosion studies

Ken M. Morgan; Randolph Nalepa

ABSTRACT:

Photointerpretation of color infrared aerial photographs was used in conjunction with the universal soil loss equation (USLE) and a computerized land information system to identify problem erosion areas in the Quil Miller Creek watershed in Johnson County, Texas. Results indicate that considerable time can be saved when photointerpretation and computer analysis are used in areawide erosion studies.

Footnotes

Ken M. Morgan is an assistant prower in the Department of Geology and director of the Center for Remote Sensing, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 76129. Randolph Nalepa was a graduate student in the Department of Geology. This research was funded in part by the TCU Research Foundation. Grant No. 67892.
Copyright 1982 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

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