NSERL Software

The National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory

NSERL Software

WEPP

The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is a process-based, distributed parameter, continuous simulation, erosion prediction model for use on personal computers.

RUSLE

The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) predicts long-term, average-annual erosion by water for a broad range of farming, conservation, mining, construction, and forestry uses.
The RUSLE program is hosted at the ARS National Sedimenation Laboratory in Oxford Mississippi.

CPIDS

CPIDS was developed to assist crop database builders and users of RUSLE and WEPP in interpretation of plant characteristics and selection of plant parameters. RUSLE, WEPP and other erosion prediction and natural resource models require detailed input parameters including those describing cropping systems.

USLE Database

USLE stands for Universal Soil Loss Equation, which was developed by Walter H. Wischmeier. The USLE database is a collection of files containing over 11,000 plot-years of data from 47 locations in 24 states. This data was collected in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, then put into the computer using punch cards during the 1950s. There are three types of these files available for download on this site: Site Specific Data, Storm Data, and Soil Loss & Runoff Data.

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WEPP	The Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) model is a process-based, distributed parameter, continuous simulation, erosion prediction model for use on personal computers.
RUSLE	The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) predicts long-term, average-annual erosion by water for a broad range of farming, conservation, mining, construction, and forestry uses. The RUSLE program is hosted at the ARS National Sedimenation Laboratory in Oxford Mississippi.
CPIDS	CPIDS was developed to assist crop database builders and users of RUSLE and WEPP in interpretation of plant characteristics and selection of plant parameters. RUSLE, WEPP and other erosion prediction and natural resource models require detailed input parameters including those describing cropping systems.
USLE Database	USLE stands for Universal Soil Loss Equation, which was developed by Walter H. Wischmeier. The USLE database is a collection of files containing over 11,000 plot-years of data from 47 locations in 24 states. This data was collected in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, then put into the computer using punch cards during the 1950s. There are three types of these files available for download on this site: Site Specific Data, Storm Data, and Soil Loss & Runoff Data.