Assessing the large-scale impacts of environmental change using a coupled hydrology and soil erosion model

Eekhout, Joris P. C.; Terink, Wilco; de Vente, Joris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-687-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-687-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-687-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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29 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 29 Aug 2018

Assessing the large-scale impacts of environmental change using a coupled hydrology and soil erosion model

Joris P. C. Eekhout, Wilco Terink, and Joris de Vente

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-687-2018-supplement

Model code and software

SPHY-MMF - Coupled Hydrology-Soil Erosion Model J. P. C. Eekhout, W. Terink, and J. De Vente https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1344534

Video abstract

SPHY-MMF - Coupled Hydrology-Soil Erosion Model J. P. C. Eekhout and J. De Vente https://doi.org/10.5446/37585

Short summary

Climate change will likely increase soil erosion in many locations worldwide. This increase in erosion will have large-scale impacts, such as the siltation of reservoirs. We developed a new soil erosion model to evaluate these impacts, which has an advantage over existing models in that it includes most relevant processes: rainfall–runoff generation, vegetation development, and soil erosion and deposition. The model is suited to perform scenario studies on climate change and land management.