REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION

Critical RUSLE2 Rules

ØRUSLE2 DEFINITIONS, RULES, PROCEDURES, and CORE DATA MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR GOOD RESULTS.

ØCan’t independently change one set of data without recalibrating.

ØMust let RUSLE2 factors and subfactors represent what they were intended to represent.

-For example, the K factor values are not to be modified to represent the effect of organic farming. The cover-management subfactors represent the effects of organic farming.

ØDon’t like these rules—then don’t use RUSLE2 because results won’t be good.


	The importance of the core database concept and following these rules is essential!