R-Factor for the Conterminous United States
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce (2024). R-Factor for the Conterminous United States [Dataset]. https://datasets.ai/datasets/r-factor-for-the-conterminous-united-states0, 21, 57, 33Available download formatsDataset updatedSep 11, 2024Dataset provided byUnited States Department of Commercehttp://www.commerce.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationhttp://www.noaa.gov/AuthorsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of CommerceArea coveredContiguous United States, United StatesDescriptionThe rainfall-runoff erosivity factor (R-Factor) quantifies the effects of raindrop impacts and reflects the amount and rate of runoff associated with the rain. The R-factor is one of the parameters used by the Revised Unified Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to estimate annual rates of erosion. This product is a raster representation of R-Factor derived from isoerodent maps published in the Agriculture Handbook Number 703 (Renard et al.,1997). Lines connecting points of equal rainfall ersoivity are called isoerodents. The iserodents plotted on a map of the coterminous U.S. were digitized, then values between these lines were obtained by linear interpolation. The final R-Factor data are in raster GeoTiff format at 800 meter resolution in Albers Conic Equal Area, GRS80, NAD83.
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The rainfall-runoff erosivity factor (R-Factor) quantifies the effects of raindrop impacts and reflects the amount and rate of runoff associated with the rain. The R-factor is one of the parameters used by the Revised Unified Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to estimate annual rates of erosion. This product is a raster representation of R-Factor derived from isoerodent maps published in the Agriculture Handbook Number 703 (Renard et al.,1997). Lines connecting points of equal rainfall ersoivity are called isoerodents. The iserodents plotted on a map of the coterminous U.S. were digitized, then values between these lines were obtained by linear interpolation. The final R-Factor data are in raster GeoTiff format at 800 meter resolution in Albers Conic Equal Area, GRS80, NAD83.