Maneuver analysis methodology to predict vehicle impacts on training lands

Prediction and uncertainty source analysis of the spatial and temporal disturbance from off-road vehicular traffic in a complex ecosystem

“…Training region codes (RG) and distance to road (DR) were obtained from installation GIS data layers. The Soil-Speed (SS) map was obtained from the NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM) (Ahlvin and Haley, 1992;Shoop et al, 2005). The NRMM is a model predicts mobility of vehicles operating in off-road terrain.…”

Assessing the impacts of military vehicle traffic on natural areas. Introduction to the special issue and review of the relevant military vehicle impact literature

“…A number of studies have emphasized the effect of vehicle designs or static vehicle properties on site impacts [85,[89][90][91][92]. The fifth paper in this special issue, Jones et al [93], evaluates the extent of terrain degradation associated with common military vehicle design classes using vehicle mobility performance models and soil rutting as a measure of vehicle impact.…”

“…Other site impacts must be inferred from mobility measures. Despite these limitations, results of these studies have been successfully integrated into land management decision-making models [85,89].…”

Downscaling soil moisture over regions that include multiple coarse-resolution grid cells

“…Similarly, soil moisture is important for flood forecasting [Beck et al, 2009, Dunne andBlack, 1970], drought monitoring and wildfire prediction [Bartsch et al, 2009, Bolten et al, 2010, crop growth and forest regrowth after wildfires [de Wit andvan Diepen, 2007, Kasischke et al, 2007], and malaria outbreak modeling [Montosi et al, 2012]. Soil moisture is an important variable in soil mechanical stability [Horn and Fleige, 2003], which is relevant in trafficability [Flores et al, 2014] and vehicle impact assessment and land rehabilitation [Shoop et al, 2005, Vero et al, 2014.…”