Mapping of soil properties and land degradation risk in Africa using MODIS reflectance

Geoderma

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-225

  Vågen, Tor G ^a   Winowiecki, Leigh A ^b   Tondoh, Jerome E ^a   Desta, Lulseged T ^b   Gumbricht, Thomas ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Kenya)

^c Karttur AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidity; Africa; Digital soil mapping; Land degradation; PH; SOC

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOILS;

AFRICA; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; INCREASING EFFECT; LAND DEGRADATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SOC; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOIL TESTING;

ACIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL MAPPING; FIELD SURVEY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84946479568     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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