Wenli Li , Pengfei Li , Lu Yan , Jinfei Hu , Leiqin Wang , Dou Li , Yang Dan , Linlin Huang , Guangju Zhao
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Water and Tillage Erosion Model and Sediment Delivery Model (WaTEM/SEDEM) was employed to simulate erosion processes at different resolutions, with results at 20 m resolution being validated based on differencing results of UAV-LiDAR-derived DEMs. Impacts of DEM resolutions on topographic factors extracted and modelling results for different geomorphic units were investigated, with results at 20 m resolution as a benchmark. Model validation demonstrated that WaTEM/SEDEM was able to fairly simulate soil erosion and deposition in the study catchment (0.51 ≤ NSE < 0.6, r = 0.75). Results showed that, as DEM resolutions coarsened, average slope gradient decreased, slope length, slope steepness and slope length (LS) factor and soil erosion volume increased, while sediment deposition volume firstly increased then decreased. Spatial patterns of erosion and deposition simulated at different resolutions showed a moderate consistency to those associated with benchmark resolution (0.46 < Kappa coefficient < 0.51), and the consistency increased as the resolution approached the benchmark. Impacts of DEM resolutions on the derived slope gradient, slope length, LS factor, and soil erosion volume over the study catchment were greater than those for hillslopes while less than those for gully slopes, while the impacts on deposition were also greater on gully slopes than over the catchment. 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Impacts of spatial resolutions of UAV-LiDAR-derived DEMs on erosion modelling in the hilly and gully Loess Plateau
High resolution Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) (e.g. <10 m) are critical for deriving topographic variables and thus erosion modelling. However, impacts of varying high DEM resolutions on erosion modelling results have been rarely assessed, particularly for topographically complex areas. In this study, DEMs with varying resolutions (0.1−20 m) were generated based on 3D point clouds acquired by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Light Detection and Ranging (UAV-LiDAR) for a small catchment in the hilly and gully Loess Plateau. Water and Tillage Erosion Model and Sediment Delivery Model (WaTEM/SEDEM) was employed to simulate erosion processes at different resolutions, with results at 20 m resolution being validated based on differencing results of UAV-LiDAR-derived DEMs. Impacts of DEM resolutions on topographic factors extracted and modelling results for different geomorphic units were investigated, with results at 20 m resolution as a benchmark. Model validation demonstrated that WaTEM/SEDEM was able to fairly simulate soil erosion and deposition in the study catchment (0.51 ≤ NSE < 0.6, r = 0.75). Results showed that, as DEM resolutions coarsened, average slope gradient decreased, slope length, slope steepness and slope length (LS) factor and soil erosion volume increased, while sediment deposition volume firstly increased then decreased. Spatial patterns of erosion and deposition simulated at different resolutions showed a moderate consistency to those associated with benchmark resolution (0.46 < Kappa coefficient < 0.51), and the consistency increased as the resolution approached the benchmark. Impacts of DEM resolutions on the derived slope gradient, slope length, LS factor, and soil erosion volume over the study catchment were greater than those for hillslopes while less than those for gully slopes, while the impacts on deposition were also greater on gully slopes than over the catchment. The impacts on sediment yield were more complicated as a combined effects on erosion and deposition.
期刊介绍:
Catena publishes papers describing original field and laboratory investigations and reviews on geoecology and landscape evolution with emphasis on interdisciplinary aspects of soil science, hydrology and geomorphology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge and foster better understanding of the physical environment, of evolutionary sequences that have resulted in past and current landscapes, and of the natural processes that are likely to determine the fate of our terrestrial environment.
Papers within any one of the above topics are welcome provided they are of sufficiently wide interest and relevance.