The future of RUSLE: Inside the new Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation

The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) has been the tool of choice for erosion prediction and conservation planning, but is being replaced by a more accurate and flexible USDA-ARS Revised USLE (RUSLE). This technology is available as RUSLE 1.04 software from the Soil and Water Conservation Society.RUSLE 1.04 has weaknesses, primarily related to its USLE-like structure. A new version (RUSLE 2) corrects these and provides a friendlier state-of-the-art interface. This allows better erosion science, permits faster calculations, and lets users with different languages and measurement units share hillslope descriptions. A first release is planned for mid-1996.