SDR with USLE C Raster Input

InVEST Model Variant SDR sediment erosion


Current Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: 2026-06-11T20:03:08Z
License: Apache-2.0
Maintainers: Natural Capital Alliance Software Team

Install this plugin in the InVEST Workbench

Copy the link below and paste it into the InVEST Workbench “Manage Plugins” modal, under “Git URL.” In the “Branch, tag, or commit” box, enter: 1.0.0

https://github.com/natcap/invest-sdr-usle-c-raster.git

About

This plugin provides an alternative version of the InVEST Sediment Delivery Ratio (SDR) model. This version expects USLE C values in a raster instead of in the biophysical table.

The inputs required by this model are identical to the those of the InVEST SDR model, with the following exceptions:

  • An additional input is required: USLE C (raster). This is a raster of cover-management factor values for the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). Smaller values (closer to 0) indicate that less erosion is likely to come from this area. Values closer to 1 indicate that more erosion is likely to come from this area.

  • The Biophysical Table should not include a usle_c column. If you provide a biophysical table with a usle_c column, that column will be ignored. USLE C values are read from the USLE C raster instead.

Dependencies

This plugin will pull these dependencies from PyPI:

taskgraph

And these dependencies will be pulled from conda-forge:

gdal
geotiff>=1.7.3
natcap.invest>=3.18.0
pygeoprocessing
python