Using WEPS in Conservation Planning
Interpreting the outputs of
WEPS is an important part of controlling
wind erosion through conservation planning. By observing how
the soil loss is affected by weather and field conditions, the
management operations can be adjusted to reduce soil loss.
Although WEPS 1.0 is designed to simulate rectangular field shapes,
special field configurations such as circles, strip cropping, or
using barriers are part of using WEPS as a conservation planning tool.
By manipulating the field shape to represent a field
with the same area and rotating the field along with any barriers
many field shapes can be approximated.
Exercises are available to provide examples
of conservation planning through WEPS.