Cogitation on developing a dynamic model of soil wind erosion

• Published in: Science China. Earth sciences Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 462 - 473
• Main Authors: Zou, XueYong, Zhang, ChunLai, Cheng, Hong, Kang, LiQiang, Wu, YongQiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Science China Press 01.03.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Dynamics; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Mathematical models; Research Paper; Roughness; Shear; Soil (material); Soil dynamics; Soil erosion; Soil surfaces; Studies; Wind; Wind erosion; Wind tunnels; 侵蚀模数; 动态模型; 土壤表面; 土壤风蚀; 思维发展; 空间尺度; 风洞模拟实验; 风蚀模型; conversion of soil loss in spatial scales; factors affecting soil wind erosion; standard plot; conceptual dynamic model of soil wind erosion
• ISSN: 1674-7313; 1869-1897
• DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-5002-5

Studies on soil wind erosion began with single factors affecting soil wind erosion; with increasing quantities of data being accumulated,the wind erosion equation（WEQ）,the revised wind erosion equation（RWEQ）,the wind erosion prediction system（WEPS）,and other soil wind erosion models have been successively established,and great advances have been achieved.Here we briefly review the soil wind erosion research course and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the current soil wind erosion models.From the perspective of the dynamics of wind erosion,we classified the factors affecting soil wind erosion into three categories,namely,wind erosivity factors（WEF）,soil antierodibility factors（SAF）,and roughness interference factors（RIF）.We proposed the concept of a standard plot of soil wind erosion to solve the problem of uncertainty of the soil wind erosion modulus on a spatial scale,and provided methods to set similarity conditions in wind tunnel simulation experiments and to convert the spatial scale of the wind erosion modulus from the standard plot to a large scale field.We also proposed a conceptual model on the basis of the dynamics of soil wind erosion with the theoretical basis that wind produces a shear force on the soil surface.This shear force is partitioned by barely erodible soil surfaces and roughness elements on the ground,and the amount of soil loss by wind should be calculated by comparing the shear force of the wind on barely erodible soil surfaces with the anti-erosion force of the surface soil.One advantage of this conceptual model is that the calculated soil wind erosion modulus is not subject to changes of spatial scale.Finally,we recommended continual improvement of the existing models while also establishing new models.