Digital Terrain Modeling and Distributed Soil Erosion Simulation/Measurement for Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Military Training (CS-752)

Abstract

In recognition of the negative repercussions that soil erosion and sediment deposition can have on military preparedness and the environment, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) funded a research effort between Fiscal Years 1993 and 1998 to develop geographic information system (GIS) tools and methods to enhance the accuracy, spatial prediction and visual representation of erosion and deposition on military lands. Because of the variability in the quality and availability of data to support erosion/deposition modeling efforts, the project sought to enhance both relatively simple empirical models and more data-intensive process-based models. In addition, the project addressed the demands for long-term average annual estimates of erosion/deposition and single event-based predictions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA379446

Entities

People

  • B. E. Johnson
  • H. Mitasova
  • M. R. Jourdan
  • S. D. Warren
  • W. M. Brown

Organizations

  • Colorado State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Drainage Basins
  • Environment
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geography
  • Geometry
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Measurement
  • Military Training
  • Terrain
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.