RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Estimating the cover-management factor (C) in the universal soil loss equation for forest conditions
JF Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
FD Soil and Water Conservation Society
SP 235
OP 240
VO 36
IS 4
A1 George E. Dissmeyer
A1 George R. Foster
YR 1981
UL http://www.jswconline.org/content/36/4/235.abstract
AB 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.