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Remote sensing and transect-based retrieval of spatial soil and terrain (SOTER) information in semi-arid Niger

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https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.1998.0423
10.1006/jare.1998.0423
 
Title Remote sensing and transect-based retrieval of spatial soil and terrain (SOTER) information in semi-arid Niger
 
Creator Graef, F
van Duivenbooden, N
Stahr, K
 
Subject Remote Sensing
Semi-arid tropics
Niger
 
Description A methodology for retrieval and mapping of spatial soil and terrain data based on the SOTER approach has been developed for semi-arid Niger. Remote sensing technics and detailed ground transect investigations are used, and the collected data are integrated into a SOTER database and a Geographic Information System. Transect selection, their realization and the related problems with transect-based calculations are discussed. The method permits estimations of soil type coverages, present land use and soil degradation at different scale levels. The significant dynamics of soil redistribution are pointed out and attributed to present and past erosion events.
 
Date 1998
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11192/1/Remote%20sensing%20and%20transect-based%20retrieval.pdf
Graef, F and van Duivenbooden, N and Stahr, K (1998) Remote sensing and transect-based retrieval of spatial soil and terrain (SOTER) information in semi-arid Niger. Journal of Arid Environments, 39 (4). pp. 631-644. ISSN 01401963