https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Rapid assessment of hillslope erosion risk after the 2019-2020 wildfires and storm events in Sydney drinking water catchment https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37850 −1 month −1, about 30 times higher than the pre-fire erosion and 10 times higher than the average erosion rate at the same period because of the intense storm events and rainfall erosivity with a return period over 40 years. The high post-fire erosion risk areas (up to 23.8 Mg ha−1 month−1) were at sub-catchments near Warragamba Dam which forms Lake Burragorang and supplies drinking water to more than four million people in Sydney. These findings assist in the timely assessment of post-fire erosion and water quality risks and help develop cost-effective fire incident management and mitigation actions for such an area with both significant ecological and drinking water assets. The methodology developed from this study is potentially applicable elsewhere for similar studies as the input datasets (satellite and radar data) and computing platforms (GEE, GIS) are available and accessible worldwide.]]> Wed 19 May 2021 11:38:03 AEST ]]> Soil erosion in sloping vineyards assessed by using botanical indicators and sediment collectors in the Ruwer-Mosel valley https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30066 −1 yr−1, which was similar to the Gerlach trough measurements, and we demonstrated that the soil erosion rates depended on rainfall characteristics and human disturbances due to tillage, harvest trampling, and compaction by heavy machinery. Data from the SUM in the young vineyard showed 62.5 Mg ha−1 yr−1 of soil loss, which is a consequence of severe soil disturbance during the planting of the new vineyard. Finally, to prove the reliability data, RUSLE showed higher soil loss in the young vineyards (19.46 Mg ha−1 yr−1) than in the old ones (11.28 Mg ha−1 yr−1).]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:31:20 AEDT ]]> Estimation of soil erosion using field and modelling approaches in an undisturbed Arnhem Land catchment, Northern Territory, Australia https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:4912 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:22:58 AEDT ]]>