Published January 19, 2026 | Version v1
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"On the calculation of the land cover and management factor in soil erosion assessments" - Python codes for data processing

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

Description

Algorithms to reproduce the data processing carried out for the following publication on Catena: "On the calculation of the land cover and management factor in soil erosion assessments".

C_A3_codes.py: It allows assigning the land cover and management factor (C-factor) of RUSLE based on Corine Land Cover 2018 (CLC2018) and lookup tables (LUTs). It requires as input: 

  • CLC2018 shapefile (it can be downloaded from the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service);
  • Lookup tables (available in the file CLC18_C_LUTs.CSV in this repository)

C_A4_codes.py: It allows assigning the land cover and management factor (C-factor) of RUSLE based on NDVI values. It requires as input: 

  • NDVI maps.

Notice that NDVI composites were created with Google Earth Engine. Available code at: https://code.earthengine.google.com/0093501d102273701f561852a7d57092

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