Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India

Arid regions are composite of complex structures. Desertification and land degradation of these arid regions need appropriate measures in accordance with time. Hyperspectral remote sensing data sets have high potential capabilities in estimating land degradation phenomenon. Imaging spectroscopy appe...

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Main Authors: Koyel Sur, Prakash Chauhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1552629
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description Arid regions are composite of complex structures. Desertification and land degradation of these arid regions need appropriate measures in accordance with time. Hyperspectral remote sensing data sets have high potential capabilities in estimating land degradation phenomenon. Imaging spectroscopy appears to be an emerging technology for the assessment of soil properties which directly influences land degradation. In this study, soil properties were studied from the arid region in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India using low bandwidth data like Hyperion along visible, near-infrared and shortwave infrared (350–2500 μm) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Spectral reflectance-based algorithms have been applied for the assessment of soil resources of arid regions. The results showed that sand, clay and organic matter content can be adequately estimated from linear models such as principal components and partial least square regression-based model over band reflectance derived from the ground observation and satellite imagery. This study might help in rapid assessment of soil properties in arid regions which might help us in periodic assessment of degradation over any region.
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spelling doaj.art-6f81e75a4c9a48ad9bf86eb417b2993f2022-12-22T02:05:44ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk1947-57051947-57132019-01-0110189891110.1080/19475705.2018.15526291552629Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of IndiaKoyel Sur0Prakash Chauhan1Space Applications Centre (ISRO)Space Applications Centre (ISRO)Arid regions are composite of complex structures. Desertification and land degradation of these arid regions need appropriate measures in accordance with time. Hyperspectral remote sensing data sets have high potential capabilities in estimating land degradation phenomenon. Imaging spectroscopy appears to be an emerging technology for the assessment of soil properties which directly influences land degradation. In this study, soil properties were studied from the arid region in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India using low bandwidth data like Hyperion along visible, near-infrared and shortwave infrared (350–2500 μm) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Spectral reflectance-based algorithms have been applied for the assessment of soil resources of arid regions. The results showed that sand, clay and organic matter content can be adequately estimated from linear models such as principal components and partial least square regression-based model over band reflectance derived from the ground observation and satellite imagery. This study might help in rapid assessment of soil properties in arid regions which might help us in periodic assessment of degradation over any region.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1552629desertificationland degradationspectroscopypcplsr
spellingShingle Koyel Sur
Prakash Chauhan
Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk
desertification
land degradation
spectroscopy
pc
plsr
title Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India
title_full Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India
title_fullStr Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India
title_full_unstemmed Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India
title_short Imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies: a case study from the arid land of India
title_sort imaging spectroscopic approach for land degradation studies a case study from the arid land of india
topic desertification
land degradation
spectroscopy
pc
plsr
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