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'''Ridge roughness''' or K factor – WEQ is a measure of the effect of ridges made by tillage and planting implements. It is expressed as a decimal from 0.5 to 1.0.  
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'''Ridge roughness''' (named ''K factor'' in the  [[Wind erosion equation]] ) is - according to the [[USDA]] terminology -  ''"a measure of the effect of ridges made by tillage and planting implements. It is expressed as a decimal from 0.5 to 1.0. ''
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· Ridges, especially those at right angles to the prevailing wind direction, absorb and deflect wind energy and trap moving soil particles. See Wind erosion equation (WEQ).
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''Ridges, especially those at right angles to the prevailing wind direction, absorb and deflect wind energy and trap moving [[soil]] particles."<ref>[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology]</ref>''
 
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[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology] <br>
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Latest revision as of 15:19, September 13, 2011

Ridge roughness (named K factor in the Wind erosion equation ) is - according to the USDA terminology - "a measure of the effect of ridges made by tillage and planting implements. It is expressed as a decimal from 0.5 to 1.0. Ridges, especially those at right angles to the prevailing wind direction, absorb and deflect wind energy and trap moving soil particles."[1]

References

  1. ↑ List of USDA terminology

United States Department of Agriculture Terms

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