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. 2010. Calibration and validation of the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation for estimating sediment yield on sloping plots: A case study in Khun Satan catchment of Northern Thailand. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90: 585Á596. In this study, model testing, calibration, and validation of the Modified Universal Soil Loss Equation (MUSLE) model were carried out in Khun Satan catchment, Thailand, for the estimation of sediment yield in plots of different slopes using the S factor from the classic Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and the McCool model, as the calibration parameter. In situ experimental plots were established with five different inclinations (9, 16, 25, 30, and 35%), with the other model parameters (e.g., erodibility, conservation practice, etc) being treated as constants. Sediment yields were recorded from 27 rainfall events between July and October 2003. It was found that both the classic USLE and the McCool models over-estimated sediment yields at all slope angles. However, the classic USLE produced a smaller relative error (RE) than the McCool model at plots with slopes of 9 and 16%, while the McCool model performed better at plots with slopes over 16% inclination. The calibration of the model using the S factor was then made for two slope range intervals, and the slope algorithm was later modified. The calibrated S factors were used in the prototype model for slope ranges of 9 to 16% using classic USLE and for slopes from 16 to 35% using the McCool model. The results revealed that an acceptable accuracy can be obtained through model calibration. The model validation based on paired t-test, on the other hand, showed that there was no difference (a 00.05) between measured and estimated sediment yield using both models. This result indicates that if data on various slope gradients are limited, MUSLE needs to be calibrated before application, especially with respect to topographic factors, in order to obtain an accurate estimate of the sediment yield from individual rainfall events.Key words: Model calibration, MUSLE, Northern Thailand, sediment yield, soil erosion, steep slope Pongsai, S., Schmidt Vogt, D., Shrestha, R. P., Clemente, R. S. et Eiumnoh, A. 2010. É talonnage et validation du mode`le MUSLE pour estimer la production de se´diments sur les parcelles en pente: la zone de captage de Khun Satan, dans le nord de la Thaı¨lande. Can. J. Soil Sci. 90: 585Á596. Les auteurs ont e´tudie´, teste´, e´talonne´et valide´le mode`le MUSLE dans la zone de captage de Khun Satan, en Thaı¨lande, afin d'estimer la production de se´diments sur des parcelles de pente variable, en utilisant comme parame`tre d'e´talonnage le coefficient S du mode`le classique USLE et du mode`le de McCool. Des parcelles expe´rimentales ont e´te´ame´nage´es sur les lieux selon cinq de´clivite´s (9, 16, 25, 30 et 35%), les autres parame`tres (a`savoir, e´rodabilite´, me´thode de conservation, etc.) e´tant conside´re´s comme des constantes. La production de se´diments a e´teé nregistre´e apre`s 27 pre´cipitations, de juillet a`octobre 2003....