abstract: "WaTEM/SEDEM is a soil erosion and sediment delivery model used for catchment-scale simulations.
The model incorporates a Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) module to simulate gross erosion,
extended with a spatially explicit sediment routing module to simulate sediment transport based on a cellular
transport capacity. The model therefore provides the user with estimations of gross and net soil erosion at
the catchment scale.

WaTEM/SEDEM has been applied for numerous applications considering both the on-site and off-site impacts of soil
erosion. These applications include the predicted soil loss from fields, off-site deposition, estimations of
catchment sediment yield. The model has also been extended for the simulation of transported heavy metals,
nutrients, organic carbon and runoff (CN). The default application of the model can be extended in several ways to simulate
the impact of soil erosion mitigation measures in a spatially explicit way. For example, additional options within
the model allow for the consideration of other anthropogenic factors such as roads, sewage systems, water and sediment
buffer basins, dams and ditches.

Version 5.0.2 was created to auto-publish the binaries for watem-sedem on GitHub."
authors:
  - family-names: Verstraeten
    given-names: Gert
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-7381
    affiliation: KU Leuven
  - family-names: Govers
    given-names: Gerard
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9884-4778
    affiliation: KU Leuven
  - family-names: Van Oost
    given-names: Kristof
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-9438
    affiliation: KU Leuven
  - family-names: Van Rompaey
    given-names: Anton
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5435-6887
    affiliation: KU Leuven
  - family-names: Notebaert
    given-names: Bastiaan
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7886-2610
    affiliation: KU Leuven
  - family-names: Van de Wauw
    given-names: Johan
    affiliation: Fluves
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0150-3315
  - family-names: Renders
    given-names: Daan
    affiliation: Fluves
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5362-9462
  - family-names: Gobeyn
    given-names: Sacha
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-6655
    affiliation: Fluves
  - family-names: Van Hoey
    given-names: Stijn
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6413-3185
    affiliation: Fluves
  - family-names: De Vleeschouwer
    given-names: Niels
    affiliation: Fluves
  - family-names: Callewaert
    given-names: Seth
    affiliation: Departement Omgeving, Vlaamse Overheid
  - family-names: Deproost
    given-names: Petra
    affiliation: Departement Omgeving, Vlaamse Overheid
cff-version: 1.2.0
keywords:
  - "erosion"
  - "soil"
  - "sediment"
  - "sediment transport"
  - "modelling"
  - "watem/sedem"
  - "RUSLE"
license: "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
message: "When using WaTEM/SEDEM, reference should be provided to the current model code on github and to the following publications:

Van Oost K, Govers G, & Desmet PJJ, 2000. Evaluating the effects of changes in landscape structure on soil erosion by water and tillage. Landscape Ecology 15 (6), 579-591. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008198215674
Van Rompaey A, Verstraeten G, Van Oost K, Govers G & Poesen J, 2001. Modelling mean annual sediment yield using a distributed approach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26 (11), 1221-1236. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.275
Verstraeten G, Van Oost K, Van Rompaey A, Poesen J & Govers G, 2002. Evaluating an integrated approach to catchment management to reduce soil loss and sediment pollution through modelling. Soil Use and Management, 18, 386-394. https://doi.org/10.1079/SUM2002150
The model code can be cited as:

Verstraeten, G., Govers, G., Van Oost, K., Van Rompaey, A., Notebaert, B., Van de Wauw, J., Renders, D., Gobeyn, S., Van Hoey, S., De Vleeschouwer, N., Callewaert, S., & Deproost, P. (2024). watem-sedem/watem-sedem: 5.0.2 (5.0.2). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10997287"
repository: "https://github.com/watem-sedem/watem-sedem"
title: "watem-sedem/watem-sedem: 5.0.2"
type: "software"