Understand Ephemeral Gully Mechanics and Develop Large Scale Decision Support Systems for Improved Watershed Management

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Non-point source pollution especially sediment and phosphorus runoff from agricultural fields are severely impairing several water bodies across the world. In the recent decade, Lake Erie (one of the Great Lakes) is under serious threat due to increased levels of harmful pollutants especially sediment-bound phosphorus. In 2011, the phosphorus-induced algae blooms in Lake Erie were exceedingly high and the summer of 2015 produced the largest algae bloom in 100 years. This degradation is projected to worsen with continued anthropogenic climate and