Hrvatske vode, Vol. 25 No. 99, 2017.
Review article
Wind erosion
Ivica Kisić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4363-3150
; Faculty of Aggriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The primary goal of this review paper is to cover the issues related to wind erosion, starting from its causes, mechanisms of action and prevention measures to all its direct and indirect consequences. The paper further presents equations used for calculating soil loss due to wind erosion and explains its applications. In the past decades, the focus of wind erosion research has shifted from its direct impacts (agricultural land damage) to its indirect impacts (negative impact on the entire environment and human health). Discussions about the climate change which influenced social trends in general and agriculture in particular, put wind erosion in a broader perspective due to its threat to human health as an indirect consequence of wind erosion. If we accept the position that wind erosion is much easier and cheaper to prevent and reduce its impact than to mitigate its consequences, it will be approached responsibly and controlled by the land user, instead of it controlling him as is now the case. Of key importance is to never leave the soil bare, especially in the periods when strong winds (north wind, bora, sirocco) occur.
Keywords
wind erosion; soil loss; direct and indirect impacts; climate change
Hrčak ID:
179279
URI
Publication date:
5.4.2017.
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