Soil and Water Research, 2007 (vol. 2), issue 1
Revised soil erodibility K-factor for soils in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Jan Vopravil, Miloslav Janeček, Martin Tippl
Soil & Water Res., 2007, 2(1):1-9 | DOI: 10.17221/2100-SWR 
In the territory of the Czech Republic there are more than 50% of agricultural soils exposed to water erosion; it is a very urgent problem both at present and for the future. It must be solved now when there is still something to be protected. It is rather complicated to describe the soil properties in terms of soil susceptibility to water erosion because it is a complex relation in which many factors participate. For the complex evaluation of all main factors participating in erosion origination it is possible to apply the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). It consists of six factors interacting with each other and participating in the origination...
Evaluation of the wind erosion risks in GISOriginal Paper
Jana Podhrázská, Ivan Novotný
Soil & Water Res., 2007, 2(1):10-14 | DOI: 10.17221/2101-SWR
The paper refers to the possibilities of the evaluation of the wind erosion risks by using a model created in GIS. The model exploits the pedological information database for determining the potential risks of soils by wind erosion. The following data are the database of the agricultural land use, meteorological data and the topographic maps for determining the direction of wind and climatic conditions. Using the data transferred to the graphic form, it is possible to create the digital terrain model and to regionalise the meteorological data. Consequently, the wind barriers are localised in the landscape and it is possible to create the zone of efficiency...
Water infiltration into soil related to the soil tillage intensityOriginal Paper
Milan Kroulík, Josef Hůla, Rudolf Šindelář, František Illek
Soil & Water Res., 2007, 2(1):15-24 | DOI: 10.17221/2098-SWR
Soil infiltration capacity is one of the key factors in the soil protection against unfavourable effects of water erosion. The purpose of its measuring was to compare and evaluate the changes of the soil physical properties and of water infiltration into soil caused by different intensity of soil cultivation at two individual sites. The ploughing (PL), shallow tillage (ST), and direct drilling (NT) effects on the soil physical properties, water infiltration into soil, and soil surface coverage with the crop residua under the soil condition loamy Haplic Luvisol, with long-term growing of maize (Zea mays L.) - Agroservis, 1st Agricultural,...
A CENTURY 5 model using for estimation of soil organic matter behaviour at predicted climate changeOriginal Paper
Jaroslava Sobocká, Juraj Balkovič, Milan Lapin
Soil & Water Res., 2007, 2(1):25-34 | DOI: 10.17221/2099-SWR
The trends of carbon sequestration behaviour have been estimated for the most fertile soil type of Slovakia based on the prognosticated regional climate change scenario. The processes were modelled and simulated by CENTURY 5 model to provide these inputs: predicted information about quantification of carbon and nitrogen fluxes, and primary net of organic matter production. Soil conditions were represented by the soil type calcareous Haplic Chernozem (Danubian lowland), and the climatic scenario was related to the meteorological station Hurbanovo modelled for the period of 2005-2090. The dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen was assessed using a conventional...