Spatial assessment of potential wind-driven soil loss using the Wind Erosion Equation

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/swr-202602-0005_spatial-assessment-of-potential-wind-driven-soil-loss-using-the-wind-erosion-equation.php?back=%2Fsearch.php?query%3Djosef%2Bku%25E8era%26sfrom%3D0%26spage%3D30" target="_blank" >https://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/swr-202602-0005_spatial-assessment-of-potential-wind-driven-soil-loss-using-the-wind-erosion-equation.php?back=%2Fsearch.php?query%3Djosef%2Bku%25E8era%26sfrom%3D0%26spage%3D30</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/17/2026-SWR" target="_blank" >10.17221/17/2026-SWR</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Spatial assessment of potential wind-driven soil loss using the Wind Erosion Equation

Original language description

Wind erosion represents a locally significant soil degradation process in the Czech Republic, particularly in intensively farmed lowland regions. While areas susceptible to wind erosion have been previously identified, spatially explicit quantification of potential soil loss expressed in t/ha per year at the national scale has so far been lacking. This study presents a comprehensive assessment of potential wind-driven soil loss across the Czech Republic using the Wind Erosion Equation (WEQ). Special attention is given to the soil erodibility index (I), which was derived from extensive laboratory analyses of soil aggregates and evaluated using multiple statistical representations (Q25, median, mean, Q75, and Q90). The resulting variants were used to quantify the sensitivity of modelled soil loss to erodibility assumptions and to compare exceedance of national (9 t/ha per year) and European (2 t/ha per year) reference limits. Results show substantial spatial variability in index I and associated soil loss estimates. Using the recommended median-based variant, approximately 10% of agricultural land exceeds the European reference limit, while only 0.8% exceeds the national threshold. Higher quantile scenarios (Q75 and Q90) identify erosion hotspots in dry lowland regions and are suitable for preventive planning. The presented outputs provide the first spatially consistent national framework for assessing potential wind erosion losses in the Czech Republic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2026

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Soil and Water Research

ISSN

1801-5395

e-ISSN

1805-9384

Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

78–88

UT code for WoS article

999

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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