@article {Dissmeyer235, author = {George E. Dissmeyer and George R. Foster}, title = {Estimating the cover-management factor (C) in the universal soil loss equation for forest conditions}, volume = {36}, number = {4}, pages = {235--240}, year = {1981}, publisher = {Soil and Water Conservation Society}, abstract = {A new procedure for estimating the cover-management factor (C) in the universal soil loss equation (USLE) for forest conditions is based on an evaluation of nine subfactors: (1) amount of bare soil, (2) canopy, (3) soil reconsolidation, (4) high organic content, (5) fine roots, (6) residual binding effect, (7) on-site storage, (8) steps, and (9) contour tillage. The procedure, validated with data from 39 research watersheds in the Southeast, provided reasonably good estimates of erosion. Use of C values obtained with this procedure are preferable to use of those from tables 11 and 12 in Agricultural Handbook 537.}, issn = {0022-4561}, URL = {https://www.jswconline.org/content/36/4/235}, eprint = {https://www.jswconline.org/content/36/4/235.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Soil and Water Conservation} }