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International Journal of Geospatial and EnvironmentalResearch
Volume 1 | Number 2 Article 6
March 2015
A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the ModelingAssessment of Agricultural Conservation PracticesEffects in the United StatesMauro Di LuzioBlackland Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, madilu@sbcglobal.net
Martin L. NorfleetNatural Resource Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Jeffrey G. ArnoldAgriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Jimmy R. WilliamsBlackland Research Center, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
James R. KiniryAgriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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Recommended CitationDi Luzio, Mauro; Norfleet, Martin L.; Arnold, Jeffrey G.; Williams, Jimmy R.; and Kiniry, James R. (2015) "A Soil ParametersGeodatabase for the Modeling Assessment of Agricultural Conservation Practices Effects in the United States," International Journal ofGeospatial and Environmental Research: Vol. 1 : No. 2 , Article 6.Available at: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol1/iss2/6
A Soil Parameters Geodatabase for the Modeling Assessment ofAgricultural Conservation Practices Effects in the United States
AbstractSoil parameters for hydrology modeling in cropland dominated areas, from the regional to local scale, are partof critical biophysical information whose deficiency may increase the uncertainty of simulated conservationeffects and predicting potential. Despite this importance, soil physical and hydraulic parameters lack common,wide-coverage repositories combined to digital maps as required by various hydrology-based agriculturalwater quality models.
This paper describes the construction of a geoprocessing workflow and the resultant hydrology-structured soilhydraulic, physical, and chemical parameters geographic database for the entire United States, named US-SOILM-CEAP. This database is designed to store a-priori values for a suit of models, such as SWAT (Soil andWater Assessment Tool), APEX (Agricultural Policy Environmental EXtender) and ALMANAC(Agricultural Land Management Alternatives with Numerical Assessment Criteria), which are commonlyused for the across scale assessment of agricultural hydrology and conservation practice scenarios. The SoilSurvey Geographic (SSURGO) database developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided the mainsource data for this development. Additional spatial information, a geographic information system platformand Python computer programming language code were used to create hydrology-based tile coverage of theareal soil units linked to the specific and detailed attributes required by each model.
The created repository adds value to the source soil survey data, while maintaining and extending the detailedinformation necessary for the across scale and combined application of the models. Ultimately, our multi-model database provides a comprehensive product achieving joined informational-mapping-geoprocessingfunctionality with the explicit maintenance of the original conceptual links between soil series and composingsoil layers, allowing for efficient data retrieval, analysis and service as input for modeling conservation effects.
KeywordsGeodatabase, Soil, Crop Model, Hydrologic Model, SSURGO, SWAT, APEX, ALMANAC
AcknowledgementsThis research was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource ConservationService (USDA - NRCS) Conservation Effect Assessment Project (CEAP).
This research article is available in International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research: https://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/vol1/iss2/6
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