Scenario Studies on Effects of Soil Infiltration Rates, Land Slope, and Furrow Irrigation Characteristics on Furrow Irrigation-Induced Erosion

Table 2

Decision variables and their corresponding dimensions.

Variables	Symbols	Units	Dimensional symbols (M, L, T)
Soil erosion		kg/m^2/yr	ML^−2T^−1
Stream size		m^3/s	L^3T^−1
Furrow length		m	L
Top width of flow		m	L
Soil infiltration rate		mm/hr	LT^−1
Time of flow of water		s	T
Soil erodibility factor		Kg·hr/Nm^2	L^−3T^3
Hydraulic shear stress		N/m^2	ML^−1T^−2