Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization: Impact on Land Management
Features
Summary
Recognized and advocated as a powerful tool, the role of remote sensing in identifying, mapping, and monitoring soil salinity and salinization will continue to expand. Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization: Impact on Land Management delineates how to combine science and geospatial technologies for smart environmental management.
Choose the Right Techniques for the Job
An overview of soil salinity assessment using remote sensing technologies, the book describes a variety of sensors, ranging from ground-based to airborne and satellite-borne, and their use in a diversity of geographical regions and environmental settings from coastal to inland saline areas. It provides guidance on how to identify and choose the right remote sensing tools and data sets required based on the purpose of the study and the environmental setting. Organized into three sections, the book covers:
Section I: Soil Salinity and Remote Sensing: The Object and the Tool — Focuses on the relationships between the landscape-object salinity and the remote sensing tools
Section II: Trends in Mapping Soil Salinity and Monitoring Salinization Using Remote and Proximal Sensing — Provides a variety of case studies dealing with soil salinity mapping and monitoring the process of salinization
Section III: Diversity of Approaches to Modeling Soil Salinity and Salinization — Demonstrates the diversity of approaches used in modeling soil salinity and salinization in space and time
Combines Fundamentals, the Latest Technology, and Practical Examples
The book includes analyses of basic issues of remote detection, such as the spectral behavior of salt types and vegetation influence, and evaluations of currently available remote sensing platforms delineating their advantages and disadvantages. The accompanying CD-ROM provides color images that enhance the material discussed in the text. The mixture of fundamental concepts, latest technological reviews, and practical application examples makes this an ideal resource for environmental assessment and decision making.
Table of Contents
Soil Salinity and Remote Sensing: The Object and the Tool
Soil Salinity and Salinization Hazard, J.A. Zinck and G. Metternicht
Spectral Behavior of Salt Types, G. Metternicht and J.A. Zinck
Review of Remote Sensing-Based Methods to Assess Soil Salinity, E. Ben-Dor, G. Metternicht, N. Goldshleger, E. Mor, V. Mirlas, and U. Basson
Trends in Mapping Soil Salinity and Monitoring Salinization with Remote and Proximal Sensing
Mapping Areas Susceptible to Soil Salinity in the Irrigation Region of Southern New South Wales, Australia, D. Fraser
Generation of Farm-Level Information on Salt-Affected Soils Using IKONOS-II Multispectral Data, R.S. Dwivedi, R.V. Kothapalli, and A.N. Singh
The Suitability of Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery for Mapping Surface Indicators of Salinity in Dryland Farming Areas, A. Dutkiewicz, M. Lewis, and B. Ostendorf
Applications of Hyperspectral Imagery to Soil Salinity Mapping, T. Schmid, M. Koch, and J. Gumuzzio
Characterization of Salt-Crust Build-Up and Soil Salinization in the United Arab Emirates by Means of Field and Remote Sensing Techniques, F.M. Howari and P.C. Goodell
Assessment of Salt-Affected Soils Using Multisensor Radar Data: A Case Study from Northeastern Patagonia (Argentina), H.F. del Valle, P.D. Blanco, W. Sione, C.M. Rostagno, and N.O. Elissalde
Application of Landsat and ERS Imagery to the Study of Saline Wetlands in Semiarid Agricultural Areas of NE Spain, C. Castañeda and J. Herrero
Mapping Soil Salinity Using Ground-Based Electromagnetic Induction Technique, F. Cassel S., D. Goorahoo, D. Zoldoske, and D. Adhikari
Combined Active and Passive Remote Sensing Methods for Assessing Soil Salinity: A Case Study from Jezre’el Valley, Northern Israel, E. Ben-Dor, N. Goldshleger, E. Mor, V. Mirlas, and U. Basson
Diversity of Approaches to Modeling Soil Salinity and Salinization
Mapping Salinity Hazard: An Integrated Application of Remote Sensing and Modeling-Based Techniques, D.P. Shrestha and A. Farshad
Stochastic Approaches for Space–Time Modeling and Interpolation of Soil Salinity, A. Douaik, M. Van Meirvenne, and T. Tóth
Mapping Soil Salinity from Sample Data and Remote Sensing in the Former Lake Texcoco, Central Mexico, N.F. Buces, C. Siebe, J.L. Palacio Prieto, and R. Webster
Model-Based Integrated Methods for Quantitative Estimation of Soil Salinity from Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data, J. Farifteh
Data Mining for Soil Salinity Modeling, P. Eklund and S.D. Kirkby
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