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Soil erosion processes in European vineyards: A qualitative comparison of rainfall simulation measurements in Germany, Spain and France
Xavier MorvanManuel SeegerOumarou Malam IssaRamón BienesThomas IserlohMarta Ruiz ColmeneroChristophe NaisseJosé ArnáezArtemio CerdàJesús Rodrigo-cominoJesús Rodrigo CominoMassimo ProsdocimiMaria Jose MarquesMaría Concepción RamosTeodoro LasantaJohannes B. RiesSaskia KeesstraJosé Damián Ruiz Sinogasubject
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesWater en Landgebruiksoil hydrologyOceanography01 natural sciencesRUISSELLEMENTSoilvineyardsBodemSoil Water and Land UseQualitative comparisonlcsh:ScienceWaste Management and DisposalWater Science and Technology2. Zero hungerSoil classification04 agricultural and veterinary sciencesqualitative comparisonPE&RCInfiltration (hydrology)INFILTRATIONERODIBILITE DU SOLPRECIPITATIONErosionWEPPSIMULATION DE PLUIESoil hydrologyEAU DU SOLSoil scienceVIGNESoil lossETUDE COMPARATIVE[SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEarth-Surface ProcessesTerroirHydrologysoil erosionWater and Land UseTERRE CULTIVABLEECOULEMENT DE SURFACErainfall simulation15. Life on landBodemfysica en LandbeheerVineyardsRainfall simulationBodem Water en LandgebruikSoil Physics and Land Managementrainfall simulation; soil erosion; soil hydrology; qualitative comparison; vineyardsrainfall simulation soil erosion soil hydrology qualitative comparison vineyards040103 agronomy & agricultureRainfall simulationSoil erosion0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental sciencelcsh:QSurface runoffMETHODOLOGIEdescription
Small portable rainfall simulators are considered a useful tool to analyze soil erosion processes in cultivated lands. European research groups in Spain (Valencia, Málaga, Lleida, Madrid and La Rioja), France (Reims) and Germany (Trier) have used different rainfall simulators (varying in drop size distribution and fall velocities, kinetic energy, plot forms and sizes, and field of application) to study soil loss, surface flow, runoff and infiltration coefficients in different experimental plots (Valencia, Montes de Málaga, Penedès, Campo Real and La Rioja in Spain, Champagne in France and Mosel-Ruwer valley in Germany). The measurements and experiments developed by these research teams give an overview of the variety of methodologies used in rainfall simulations to study the problem of soil erosion and describe the erosion features in different climatic environments, management practices and soil types. The aims of this study are: (i) to investigate where, how and why researchers from different wine-growing regions applied rainfall simulations with successful results as a tool to measure soil erosion processes; (ii) to make a qualitative comparison about the general soil erosion processes in European terroirs; (iii) to demonstrate the importance of the development of standard method for measurement of soil erosion processes in vineyards, using rainfall simulators; and (iv) and to analyze the key factors that should be taken into account to carry out rainfall simulations. The rainfall simulations in all cases allowed infiltration capacity, susceptibility of the soil to detachment and generation of sediment loads to runoff to be determined. Despite using small plots, the experiments were useful to analyze the influence of soil cover to reduce soil erosion, to make comparisons between different locations, and to evaluate the influence of different soil characteristics. The comparative analysis of the studies performed in different study areas points out the need to define an operational methodology to carry out rainfall simulations, which allows us to obtain representative and comparable results and to avoid errors in the interpretation in order to achieve comparable information about runoff and soil loss.
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2016-02-18 |