Geoinformatics Approach to Water Erosion

Geoinformatics Approach to Water Erosion

Soil Loss and Beyond

Svoray, Tal

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

02/2022

349

Dura

Inglês

9783030915353

15 a 20 dias

896

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Dedication.- Preface.- Acknowledgement.- 1. Soil erosion: The general problem.- 1.1 The soil, and its erosion.- 1.2 Scope of soil erosion.- 1.3 A brief history of soil loss.- 1.4 Soil as a finite resource.- 1.5 Summary.- 2 The case of agricultural catchments.- 2.1 Erosion factors in a distinct landform.- 2.2 On-site and off-site consequences.- 2.3 The human agent.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 The physical process.- 3.1 The basics of hillslope erosion.- 3.2 Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP).- 3.3 CAESAR-Lisflood a landscape evolution model.- 3.4 Morgan-Morgan-Finney (MMF).- 3.5 Summary.- 4 Spatial variation in the catchment.- 4.1 Discrete spatial units.- 4.2 A suite of continuous variables.- 4.3 Summary.- 5 Earth-based observations.- 5.1 Spectral indices: spectral signatures and mathematical expressions.- 5.2 Classification.- 5.3 Synergy of RS data in catchment models.- 5.4 Close range analysis.- 5.5 Summary.- 6 Predicting erosion risk: from expert knowledge to data mining.- 6.1 The Topographic Threshold.- 6.2 Expert-based systems.- 6.3 The data-mining approach.- 6.4 Fuzzy logic.- 6.5 Summary.- 7 Health of the remaining soil.- 7.1 The soil health index.- 7.2 Statistical analysis and pre-processing.- 7.3 Mapping soil health.- 7.4 Summary.- 8 Decision-making.- 8.1 Decision-making in soil conservation.- 8.2 The simple expert system.- 8.3 GISCAME.- 8.4 Summary.- References.- Index.- Nomenclature.
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modeling soil erosion;soil conservation management;GIS and remote sensing;water erosion;catchment modeling;soil erosion mapping;quantifying soil movement;soil health index