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Book Spatial and Temporal Modeling of Soil Moisture Using Remote Sensing

Download or read book Spatial and Temporal Modeling of Soil Moisture Using Remote Sensing written by Scott D. Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modeling the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Moisture at Watershed Scales Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Download or read book Modeling the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Moisture at Watershed Scales Using Remote Sensing and GIS written by PJ. Starks and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soil water content (2v) is of fundamental importance in meteorology, agriculture, and hydrology, among other scientific disciplines. In hydrology, 2v partitions rainfall into runoff and infiltration, thus impacting surface and groundwater recharge, flood forecasting, and flow routing modeling. Measurement of 2v at a point is straightforward, but point measurements are inadequate for watershed hydrology due to variability of soil properties, land cover, and meteorological inputs over space. Passive microwave remote sensing systems have been successfully used to provide regional estimates of surface 2v (0-5 cm surface layer) at the spatial resolution of the sensor. To extend these data to other depths and scales, a two-layer soil water budget model was used to combine remotely sensed estimates of 2v and spatial information on land cover, soil type and meteorological inputs to predict root zone 2v over a 611 km2 watershed. A GIS was used to pre-process and geo-register spatial data sets for input into the soil water budget model, and analyze the results.

Book Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content

Download or read book Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content written by George Petropoulos and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrating decades of research conducted by leading scientists in the field, Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content provides an overview of state-of-the-art methods and modeling techniques employed for deriving spatio-temporal estimates of energy fluxes and soil surface moisture from remote sensing. It also underscores the range

Book Characterization of the Spatial temporal Variability of Soil Moisture by Remote Sensing

Download or read book Characterization of the Spatial temporal Variability of Soil Moisture by Remote Sensing written by Gwangseob Kim and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval

Download or read book Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval written by Prashant K. Srivastava and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval: Techniques and Applications offers readers a better understanding of the scientific underpinnings, development, and application of soil moisture retrieval techniques and their applications for environmental modeling and management, bringing together a collection of recent developments and rigorous applications of soil moisture retrieval techniques from optical and infrared datasets, such as the universal triangle method, vegetation indices based approaches, empirical models, and microwave techniques, particularly by utilizing earth observation datasets such as IRS III, MODIS, Landsat7, Landsat8, SMOS, AMSR-e, AMSR2 and the upcoming SMAP. Through its coverage of a wide variety of soil moisture retrieval applications, including drought, flood, irrigation scheduling, weather forecasting, climate change, precipitation forecasting, and several others, this is the first book to promote synergistic and multidisciplinary activities among scientists and users working in the hydrometeorological sciences. - Demystifies soil moisture retrieval and prediction - Links soil moisture retrieval techniques with new satellite missions for earth and environmental science oriented problems - Written to be accessible to a wider range of professionals with a common interest in geo-spatial techniques, remote sensing, sustainable water resource development, and earth and environmental issues

Book Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle

Download or read book Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle written by Venkataraman Lakshmi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle is an outcome of the AGU Chapman Conference held in February 2012. This is a comprehensive volume that examines the use of available remote sensing satellite data as well as data from future missions that can be used to expand our knowledge in quantifying the spatial and temporal variations in the terrestrial water cycle. Volume highlights include: - An in-depth discussion of the global water cycle - Approaches to various problems in climate, weather, hydrology, and agriculture - Applications of satellite remote sensing in measuring precipitation, surface water, snow, soil moisture, groundwater, modeling, and data assimilation - A description of the use of satellite data for accurately estimating and monitoring the components of the hydrological cycle - Discussion of the measurement of multiple geophysical variables and properties over different landscapes on a temporal and a regional scale Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle is a valuable resource for students and research professionals in the hydrology, ecology, atmospheric sciences, geography, and geological sciences communities.

Book Developing a Virtual Sensor  VS  for Mapping Soil Moisture at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution

Download or read book Developing a Virtual Sensor VS for Mapping Soil Moisture at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution written by A. K. M. Azad Hossain and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Mapping soil moisture at both high spatial and temporal resolution has not been possible due to lack of sensors with these combined capabilities. We transformed the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) into a virtual sensor (VS) for quantitative soil moisture mapping and monitoring at 1 km and 250 m resolution daily. The Vegetation Index (VI) - Land Surface Temperature (LST) triangle model was used as the governing algorithm for VS. We used a time series of 13 data sets from August 01, 2006 to November 06, 2006 of MODIS reflective and thermal imagery and AMSR-E Level 3 soil moisture imagery to develop the VS in the semi-arid environment of southeastern New Mexico. We used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) derived soil moisture imagery for five corresponding dates of the MODIS/AMSR-E imagery to evaluate the performance of VS for soil moisture estimation along with near real time in situ soil moisture measurements. In situ soil moisture measurements, vegetation density/distribution maps, digital elevation model (DEM), soil type map and soil salinity measurements were used in both linear and non-linear numerical models with the Radarsat 1 SAR fine imagery. The numerical models based on multiple linear regressions improved soil moisture estimation for the entire study site. We found, however, that vegetation, soil type and elevation have stronger combined effect on microwave soil moisture remote sensing by non-linear regressions (neural networks). The accuracy of the soil moisture data was evaluated using Kappa statistics. A soil moisture prediction surface prepared by kriging the in situ soil moisture 2 measurements was used as the reference. We obtained the overall accuracy of 75.67% and 77.67% with a Kappa coefficient of 0.43 and 0.61 for the August 02 and November 06 data sets of 2006, respectively. We evaluated the application of VS generated soil moisture data in mapping the spatio-temporal variation in soil moisture in southeastern New Mexico. The virtual sensor developed in this research has made the AMSR-E 25 km soil moisture information suitable for more local and watershed level applications by disaggregating it to 1 km and 250 m soil moisture data using MODIS reflective and thermal imagery.

Book Remote Sensing and Water Resources

Download or read book Remote Sensing and Water Resources written by A. Cazenave and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of overview articles showing how space-based observations, combined with hydrological modeling, have considerably improved our knowledge of the continental water cycle and its sensitivity to climate change. Two main issues are highlighted: (1) the use in combination of space observations for monitoring water storage changes in river basins worldwide, and (2) the use of space data in hydrological modeling either through data assimilation or as external constraints. The water resources aspect is also addressed, as well as the impacts of direct anthropogenic forcing on land hydrology (e.g. ground water depletion, dam building on rivers, crop irrigation, changes in land use and agricultural practices, etc.). Remote sensing observations offer important new information on this important topic as well, which is highly useful for achieving water management objectives.Over the past 15 years, remote sensing techniques have increasingly demonstrated their capability to monitor components of the water balance of large river basins on time scales ranging from months to decades: satellite altimetry routinely monitors water level changes in large rivers, lakes and floodplains. When combined with satellite imagery, this technique can also measure surface water volume variations. Passive and active microwave sensors offer important information on soil moisture (e.g. the SMOS mission) as well as wetlands and snowpack. The GRACE space gravity mission offers, for the first time, the possibility of directly measuring spatio-temporal variations in the total vertically integrated terrestrial water storage. When combined with other space observations (e.g. from satellite altimetry and SMOS) or model estimates of surface waters and soil moisture, space gravity data can effectively measure groundwater storage variations. New satellite missions, planned for the coming years, will complement the constellation of satellites monitoring waters on land. This is particularly the case for the SWOT mission, which is expected to revolutionize land surface hydrology. Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 37, No. 2, 2016

Book Proximal Soil Sensing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2010-07-25
  • ISBN : 9048188598
  • Pages : 440 pages

Download or read book Proximal Soil Sensing written by Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-07-25 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on developments in Proximal Soil Sensing (PSS) and high resolution digital soil mapping. PSS has become a multidisciplinary area of study that aims to develop field-based techniques for collecting information on the soil from close by, or within, the soil. Amongst others, PSS involves the use of optical, geophysical, electrochemical, mathematical and statistical methods. This volume, suitable for undergraduate course material and postgraduate research, brings together ideas and examples from those developing and using proximal sensors and high resolution digital soil maps for applications such as precision agriculture, soil contamination, archaeology, peri-urban design and high land-value applications, where there is a particular need for high spatial resolution information. The book in particular covers soil sensor sampling, proximal soil sensor development and use, sensor calibrations, prediction methods for large data sets, applications of proximal soil sensing, and high-resolution digital soil mapping. Key themes: soil sensor sampling – soil sensor calibrations – spatial prediction methods – reflectance spectroscopy – electromagnetic induction and electrical resistivity – radar and gamma radiometrics – multi-sensor platforms – high resolution digital soil mapping - applications Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel is a scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia. Alex McBratney is Pro-Dean and Professor of Soil Science in the Faculty of Agriculture Food & Natural Resources at the University of Sydney in Australia. Budiman Minasny is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Agriculture Food & Natural Resources at the University of Sydney in Australia.

Book Spatial Patterns in Catchment Hydrology

Download or read book Spatial Patterns in Catchment Hydrology written by Rodger Grayson and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 2001-08-06 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes use of observed patterns in understanding and modelling hydrological response, for researchers and graduate students.

Book Application of Pattern Recognition and Adaptive DSP Methods for Spatio temporal Analysis of Satellite Based Hydrological Datasets

Download or read book Application of Pattern Recognition and Adaptive DSP Methods for Spatio temporal Analysis of Satellite Based Hydrological Datasets written by Anish Chand Turlapaty and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data assimilation of satellite-based observations of hydrological variables with full numerical physics models can be used to downscale these observations from coarse to high resolution to improve microwave sensor-based soil moisture observations. Moreover, assimilation can also be used to predict related hydrological variables, e.g., precipitation products can be assimilated in a land information system to estimate soil moisture. High quality spatio-temporal observations of these processes are vital for a successful assimilation which in turn needs a detailed analysis and improvement. In this research, pattern recognition and adaptive signal processing methods are developed for the spatio-temporal analysis and enhancement of soil moisture and precipitation datasets. These methods are applied to accomplish the following tasks: (i) a consistency analysis of level-3 soil moisture data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS (AMSR-E) against in-situ soil moisture measurements from the USDA Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN). This method performs a consistency assessment of the entire time series in relation to others and provides a spatial distribution of consistency levels. The methodology is based on a combination of wavelet-based feature extraction and oneclass support vector machines (SVM) classifier. Spatial distribution of consistency levels are presented as consistency maps for a region, including the states of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. These results are well correlated with the spatial distributions of average soil moisture, and the cumulative counts of dense vegetation; (ii) a modified singular spectral analysis based interpolation scheme is developed and validated on a few geophysical data products including GODAE's high resolution sea surface temperature (GHRSST). This method is later employed to fill the systematic gaps in level-3 AMSR-E soil moisture dataset; (iii) a combination of artificial neural networks and vector space transformation function is used to fuse several high resolution precipitation products (HRPP). The final merged product is statistically superior to any of the individual datasets over a seasonal period. The results have been tested against ground based measurements of rainfall over our study area and average accuracies obtained are 85% in the summer and 55% in the winter 2007.

Book Advances in Land Remote Sensing

Download or read book Advances in Land Remote Sensing written by Shunlin Liang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It collects the review papers of the 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS). It systematically summarizes the past achievements and identifies the frontier issues as the research agenda for the near future. It covers all aspects of land remote sensing, from sensor systems, physical modeling, inversion algorithms, to various applications.

Book Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils

Download or read book Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils written by Tarik Mitran and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-24 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sustainable development of the agriculture sector is the only option to meet the demands of increased and economically viable production in a changing climate. This means there is a need to introduce the latest technologies to enhance production, and also help policymakers make decisions for the future. Geospatial technologies & tools, such as remote sensing, geographical information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), and mobile & web applications, provide unique capabilities to analyze multi-scale, multi-temporal datasets, and support decision-making in sustainable agriculture development and natural resources management. Further, the availability of reliable and timely geospatial information on natural resources and environmental conditions is essential for sustainable agricultural development and food security. Since remote sensing solutions are fast, non-destructive and have large spatial coverage, they can play a significant role in the identification, inventory, and mapping of land resources. Over the past four decades, remote sensing has proved to be a cost-effective and powerful tool to assess crop and soil properties in varying spatial and temporal scales using both visual and digital techniques. Satellite remote sensing coupled with GIS & mobile-app based positional information has emerged as an efficient tool for optimizing input resources, and minimizing cost of production and risk of biotic/ abiotic factors nature to promote sustainable agriculture. This book comprehensively documents the applications of space-based technologies for crop and soil assessments for the sustainable development of agriculture.

Book Soil Moisture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ming-Ying Wei
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 86 pages

Download or read book Soil Moisture written by Ming-Ying Wei and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the scientific requirements of the atmospheric, hydrologic, and ecologic disciplines for soil moisture observations.

Book Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes

Download or read book Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes written by Assefa M. Melesse and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote Sensing of Soil and Land Surface Processes: Monitoring, Mapping, and Modeling couples artificial intelligence and remote sensing for mapping and modeling natural resources, thus expanding the applicability of AI and machine learning for soils and landscape studies and providing a hybridized approach that also increases the accuracy of image analysis. The book covers topics including digital soil mapping, satellite land surface imagery, assessment of land degradation, and deep learning networks and their applicability to land surface processes and natural hazards, including case studies and real life examples where appropriate. This book offers postgraduates, researchers and academics the latest techniques in remote sensing and geoinformation technologies to monitor soil and surface processes. ? Introduces object-based concepts and applications, enhancing monitoring capabilities and increasing the accuracy of mapping ? Couples artificial intelligence and remote sensing for mapping and modeling natural resources, expanding the applicability of AI and machine learning for soils and sediment studies ? Includes the use of new sensors and their applications to soils and sediment characterization ???????? Includes case studies from a variety of geographical areas