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The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Articles | Volume XLIX-B2-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B2-2026-1183-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B2-2026-1183-2026
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23 Jul 2026
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Felix Rocco Matzke
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Hans-Gerd Maas
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Anette Eltner
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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Intensified extreme weather events due to climate change can result in changes of soil erosion. These unclear developments make an improvement of soil erosion modelling all the more important. Assuming that soil erosion models cannot keep up with the current data, this work gives an overview of 44 models, their strengths and weaknesses and discusses their potential for further development with respect to new and improved soil and soil erosion assessment techniques.
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