Using digital photogrammetry to monitor soil erosion under conditions of simulated rainfall and wind
S. Moritani A C , T. Yamamoto A , H. Andry A , M. Inoue A and T. Kaneuchi BA Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
B Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
C Corresponding author. Email: hatshige01@alrc.tottori-u.ac.jp
Australian Journal of Soil Research 48(1) 36-42 https://doi.org/10.1071/SR09058
Submitted: 2 April 2009 Accepted: 20 October 2009 Published: 26 February 2010
Abstract
We investigated a method to measure sheet erosion by characterising the soil erosion of an upland field in a dryland environment. Digital photogrammetry was used to measure the erosion rates of soil surfaces packed to different densities under simulated rainfall or wind conditions. The photogrammetry system consisted of 2 digital cameras, a rainfall simulator, a wind tunnel, and a computer program for 3-dimensional algorithm analysis. First, we assessed the accuracy of our method by comparing conventionally measured data to photogrammetric data under conditions of either no rainfall or no wind application. Two statistical parameters were used to evaluate the soil surface evolution: the mean absolute error (MAE) and the mean relative error (MRE). Their values were 0.21 mm and 15.8%, respectively. We then assessed the precision of our system under simulated rainfall conditions using 3 different dry bulk densities for the packed saturated soil surface. At densities of 0.91, 0.98, and 1.09 g/cm3, the MAE (MRE) values were 2.21 mm (392.5%), 1.07 mm (126.4%), and 0.59 mm (57.6%), respectively. It was possible to monitor and evaluate both the amount of eroded soil and the erosion mechanism in a specific area. Moreover, this system could be applied to measuring wind erosion with an MAE accuracy as high as 0.21 mm. The digital elevation models (DEMs) allowed for detailed analyses of soil surface evolution, and it was also possible to monitor sheet erosion with high spatial and temporal resolutions.
Additional keywords: soil erosion, photogrammetry, precision, bulk density.
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