| Description |
1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Series |
Earth Observation |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- REMOTE SENSING OF SOIL AND LAND SURFACE PROCESSES -- REMOTE SENSING OF SOIL AND LAND SURFACE PROCESSES: MONITORING, MAPPING, AND MODELING -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 -- Introduction to soil and sediment -- References -- Further reading -- 2 -- DInSAR-based assessment of groundwater-induced land subsidence zonation map -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Natural causes of land subsidence -- 2.1.2 Human-induced causes of land subsidence -- 2.1.3 Mitigation strategies -- 2.1.4 Application of remote sensing in monitoring of land subsidence |
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2.2 Application of DInSAR in monitoring of land subsidence -- 2.3 The DInSAR theory -- 2.4 Differential radar interferometry methodology -- 2.4.1 Selection of pairs of SAR images for interferometry -- 2.4.2 Interferogram production -- 2.4.3 Apply adaptive filter and generate coherent map -- 2.4.4 Phase unwrapping -- 2.4.5 Refinement and phase correction -- 2.4.6 Phase conversion to displacement and geocoding -- References -- 3 -- Remotely sensed prediction of soil organic carbon -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Factors affecting the organic carbon content of soil -- 3.1.2 Remote sensing |
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3.1.3 DSM and prediction map approaches -- 3.2 Materials and methods -- 3.2.1 A case studied area -- 3.2.2 Landsat 8 satellite and its features -- 3.2.3 Determination of homogeneous work units for sampling -- 3.2.4 Time of soil sampling and image acquisition -- 3.2.5 Sampling operations in homogeneous work units -- 3.2.5.1 Soil tests -- 3.2.6 Converting gray values to high atmospheric reflectance (preprocessing) -- 3.2.7 Data used for prediction of surface soil organic carbon -- 3.2.7.1 Spectral variables (reflectance) -- 3.2.7.1.1 Surface albedo |
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3.2.7.1.2 Tasseled-cap transformation (TCT) indicators -- 3.2.7.1.3 Clay index (CI) -- 3.2.7.1.4 Carbonate index (CaI) -- 3.2.7.1.5 Grain size index (GSI) -- 3.2.7.1.6 Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) -- 3.2.7.2 Nonspectral variables (morphometric indices) -- 3.2.7.2.1 Relative relief -- 3.2.7.2.2 Slope aspect -- 3.2.7.2.3 Slope gradient -- 3.2.7.2.4 General curvature -- 3.2.7.2.5 Plan curvature -- 3.2.7.2.6 Profile curvature -- 3.2.7.2.7 Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) -- 3.2.7.2.8 Clay and Silt |
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3.2.8 Statistical analysis and methods used for soil organic carbon prediction modeling -- 3.2.8.1 Factor analysis -- 3.2.8.2 Bartlett's sphericity test and KMO index -- 3.2.8.3 Standardization of input variables -- 3.2.8.4 Extraction of factors in exploratory factor analysis -- 3.2.8.5 The number of factors in exploratory factor analysis -- 3.2.8.6 Methods for factor rotation in exploratory factor analysis -- 3.2.8.7 Interpretation and naming of factors -- 3.2.8.8 Calculation of factor scores -- 3.2.9 Zonation and prediction map of soil organic carbon -- 3.2.10 Validation of the proposed model |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 19, 2023) |
| Subject |
Remote sensing.
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Soils -- Remote sensing
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Natural resources -- Remote sensing
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remote sensing.
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Natural resources -- Remote sensing.
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Remote sensing.
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Soils -- Remote sensing.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Melesse, Assefa M. (Assefa Mekonnen), 1966-
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Rahmati, Omid
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Khsoravi, Khabat
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| ISBN |
0443153426 |
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9780443153426 |
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