CPIDS: a plant parameter selection program for erosion prediction modeling |
| |
| Authors: | James C Ascough II Lois Ann Deer-Ascough Glenn A Weesies |
| |
| Affiliation: | aUSDA-Agricultural Research Service, Great Plains System Research Unit, 301 S. Howes St., P.O. Box E, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA;bDepartment of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80527, USA;cUSDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory, 1196 SOIL Bldg., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1196, USA |
| |
| Abstract: | Newly developed erosion prediction models require detailed input parameters including those describing cropping systems. Each model exhibits a different level of complexity for crop growth modeling, and many plant parameters for these models are difficult to obtain. Furthermore, numerous parameters require interpretation from other measurable plant characteristics. We developed a database containing measurable plant characteristics to supply users of these new erosion prediction technologies with the necessary parameters. The new database supports the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) erosion prediction models. The Crop Parameter Intelligent Database System (CPIDS) was developed to assist crop database builders and users of RUSLE and WEPP in interpretation of plant characteristics and selection of plant parameters. CPIDS is a Microsoft® Windows™-based program, currently running on a personal computer (PC) under Windows 3.1™, Windows 95™ and Windows NT 4.0™. |
| |
| Keywords: | Computer software Database Erosion models Crop characteristics Soil loss |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
