EGU25-15855, upda ed on 07 Oc 2025
h ps://doi.o g/10.5194/egusphe e-egu25-15855
EGU Gene al Assembly 2025
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Land co e and managemen ac o in soil e osion assessmen s:
whe e do we s and and whe e a e we going?
Melissa La ella, Gab iel Ce ei a, Alessand o D'Anca, Monia San ini, and Manuela Balza olo
CMCC Founda ion – Eu o-Medi e anean Cen e on Clima e Change, I aly ([email p o ec ed])
Rain all-induced soil e osion is ecognized as a signi ican h ea o bo h human and ecosys em
heal h, leading o habi a deg ada ion, ood insecu i y, dis up ions o socio-economic ac i i ies,
and damage o in as uc u e. Add essing and mi iga ing soil e osion has become a p io i y in
global and na ional s a egies, he e o e equi ing mul i empo al la ge-scale assessmen s o
unde s and how p ecipi a ion pa e ns, soil p ope ies, and su ace condi ions in e ac and
con ibu e o e osion in speci ic a eas and o e ime. In hese assessmen s, he land co e and
managemen , and na u al ege a ion dynamics componen s play a c i ical ole in educing soil
suscep ibili y o e osion. These componen s a e ep esen ed by a speci ic pa ame e (C- ac o ) in
he Uni e sal Soil Loss Equa ion (USLE) and i s upda ed e sions. While nume ous me hods exis
o de e mining he C- ac o (e.g., in si u su ey, emo e sensing obse a ion, da a-d i en models),
hese app oaches a e di e se and o en ha e limi a ions, om neglec ing phenological sub-annual
dynamics o long imeliness, low upda e equency, and coa se spa ial esolu ion, among o he s.
As a esul , making hei selec ion o speci ic pu poses is challenging. In his alk, we will p esen
a comp ehensi e e iew o exis ing me hodologies o assess C- ac o by examining hei
de elopmen , s eng hs, and d awbacks. We will p o ide p ac ical examples om selec ed case
s udies ac oss Eu ope o show me hods’ applicabili y, allow c oss-compa ison, and guide hei
choice. Finally, we will explo e eme ging me hodologies le e aging Ea h Obse a ion and A i icial
In elligence and he ad ances in neu al ne wo ks ained on ESA Sen inel-2 da a wi hin he
amewo k o wo Eu opean- unded p ojec s (i.e., SDGs-EYES and EO4EU).
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