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Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization

Impact on Land Management

Edited by Dr. Graciela Metternicht, Dr. Alfred Zinck

Contributors: Abbas Farshad, Andrew Frank, Gerard B.M. Heuvelink, Marc Van Meirvenne, Alex J. Comber, Richard Webster, Florence Cassel Sharma, Ross Stuart Purves, Michael Schmidt, Marco Antonio Marinelli, Paul Watson, Martin Knotters, Monika Sester, Jan-Henrik Haunert, Robert Jonathan Corner, Alan Brown, Juan Herrero, Carmen Castaneda, Tibor Toth, Magaly Koch, Jose Gumuzzio, Thomas F. Schmid, Anna Therese Boin, Gary John Hunter, Gertrud Schaab, Eduardo S. Dias, Alistair J. Edwardes, Alexander M. Lechner, Simon David Jones, Sarah Bekessy, Kerstin Huth, Nick Mitchell, Prashanth Reddy Marpu, Richard Gloaguen, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, T. M. M. Rientjes, Arief Wijaya, Gabriella Salzano, Robert Jeansoulin, Ekaterina Serga Podolskaya, Stefan Dech, Felix Hebeler, Christopher Conrad, Rene Colditz, Martin Vermeer, Graeme L. Wright, Karin Kollo, Sytze de Bruin, Rangsima Sunila, Gerhard Navratil, Rodrigo Lilla Monzione, J.R. von Asmuth, G.B.M. Henvelink, Hai Xia Mao, Ana Maria Olteanu, Mohamed Bakillah, Sven Schade, Gilberto Comaro, Bertram Ostendorf, Megan Mary Lewis, Anna Dutkiewicz, Hector Franciso Del Valle, Nestor O. Elissalde, Cesar Mario Rostagno, Walter Sione, Paula Daniela Blanco, Norma Fernandez-Buces, Jamshid Farifteh, Christina Siebe, Stephen Denis Kirkby, Fares Howari, Dave Goorahoo, David Zoldoske, Naftaly Goldshleger, Vladimir Mirlas, Eyal Ben-Dor

Published December 12th 2008 by CRC Press – 377 pages

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Description

Recognized and advocated as a powerful tool, the role of remote sensing in identifying, mapping, and monitoring soil salinity and salinization will continue to expand. Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization: Impact on Land Management delineates how to combine science and geospatial technologies for smart environmental management.

Choose the Right Techniques for the Job

An overview of soil salinity assessment using remote sensing technologies, the book describes a variety of sensors, ranging from ground-based to airborne and satellite-borne, and their use in a diversity of geographical regions and environmental settings from coastal to inland saline areas. It provides guidance on how to identify and choose the right remote sensing tools and data sets required based on the purpose of the study and the environmental setting. Organized into three sections, the book covers:

Section I: Soil Salinity and Remote Sensing: The Object and the Tool — Focuses on the relationships between the landscape-object salinity and the remote sensing tools

Section II: Trends in Mapping Soil Salinity and Monitoring Salinization Using Remote and Proximal Sensing — Provides a variety of case studies dealing with soil salinity mapping and monitoring the process of salinization

Section III: Diversity of Approaches to Modeling Soil Salinity and Salinization — Demonstrates the diversity of approaches used in modeling soil salinity and salinization in space and time

Combines Fundamentals, the Latest Technology, and Practical Examples

The book includes analyses of basic issues of remote detection, such as the spectral behavior of salt types and vegetation influence, and evaluations of currently available remote sensing platforms delineating their advantages and disadvantages. The accompanying CD-ROM provides color images that enhance the material discussed in the text. The mixture of fundamental concepts, latest technological reviews, and practical application examples makes this an ideal resource for environmental assessment and decision making.

Contents

Soil Salinity and Remote Sensing: The Object and the Tool

Soil Salinity and Salinization Hazard, J.A. Zinck and G. Metternicht

Spectral Behavior of Salt Types, G. Metternicht and J.A. Zinck

Review of Remote Sensing-Based Methods to Assess Soil Salinity, E. Ben-Dor, G. Metternicht, N. Goldshleger, E. Mor, V. Mirlas, and U. Basson

Trends in Mapping Soil Salinity and Monitoring Salinization with Remote and Proximal Sensing

Mapping Areas Susceptible to Soil Salinity in the Irrigation Region of Southern New South Wales, Australia, D. Fraser

Generation of Farm-Level Information on Salt-Affected Soils Using IKONOS-II Multispectral Data, R.S. Dwivedi, R.V. Kothapalli, and A.N. Singh

The Suitability of Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery for Mapping Surface Indicators of Salinity in Dryland Farming Areas, A. Dutkiewicz, M. Lewis, and B. Ostendorf

Applications of Hyperspectral Imagery to Soil Salinity Mapping, T. Schmid, M. Koch, and J. Gumuzzio

Characterization of Salt-Crust Build-Up and Soil Salinization in the United Arab Emirates by Means of Field and Remote Sensing Techniques, F.M. Howari and P.C. Goodell

Assessment of Salt-Affected Soils Using Multisensor Radar Data: A Case Study from Northeastern Patagonia (Argentina), H.F. del Valle, P.D. Blanco, W. Sione, C.M. Rostagno, and N.O. Elissalde

Application of Landsat and ERS Imagery to the Study of Saline Wetlands in Semiarid Agricultural Areas of NE Spain, C. Castañeda and J. Herrero

Mapping Soil Salinity Using Ground-Based Electromagnetic Induction Technique, F. Cassel S., D. Goorahoo, D. Zoldoske, and D. Adhikari

Combined Active and Passive Remote Sensing Methods for Assessing Soil Salinity: A Case Study from Jezre’el Valley, Northern Israel, E. Ben-Dor, N. Goldshleger, E. Mor, V. Mirlas, and U. Basson

Diversity of Approaches to Modeling Soil Salinity and Salinization

Mapping Salinity Hazard: An Integrated Application of Remote Sensing and Modeling-Based Techniques, D.P. Shrestha and A. Farshad

Stochastic Approaches for Space–Time Modeling and Interpolation of Soil Salinity, A. Douaik, M. Van Meirvenne, and T. Tóth

Mapping Soil Salinity from Sample Data and Remote Sensing in the Former Lake Texcoco, Central Mexico, N.F. Buces, C. Siebe, J.L. Palacio Prieto, and R. Webster

Model-Based Integrated Methods for Quantitative Estimation of Soil Salinity from Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data, J. Farifteh

Data Mining for Soil Salinity Modeling, P. Eklund and S.D. Kirkby

Conclusions

Index

Name: Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization: Impact on Land Management (Hardback) – CRC Press 
Description: Edited by Dr. Graciela Metternicht, Dr. Alfred ZinckContributors: Abbas Farshad, Andrew Frank, Gerard B.M. Heuvelink, Marc Van Meirvenne, Alex J. Comber, Richard Webster, Florence Cassel Sharma, Ross Stuart Purves, Michael Schmidt, Marco Antonio Marinelli, Paul Watson, Martin Knotters, Monika Sester, Jan-Henrik Haunert, Robert Jonathan Corner, Alan Brown, Juan Herrero, Carmen Castaneda, Tibor Toth, Magaly Koch, Jose Gumuzzio, Thomas F. Schmid, Anna Therese Boin, Gary John Hunter, Gertrud Schaab, Eduardo S. Dias, Alistair J. Edwardes, Alexander M. Lechner, Simon David Jones, Sarah Bekessy, Kerstin Huth, Nick Mitchell, Prashanth Reddy Marpu, Richard Gloaguen, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, T. M. M. Rientjes, Arief Wijaya, Gabriella Salzano, Robert Jeansoulin, Ekaterina Serga Podolskaya, Stefan Dech, Felix Hebeler, Christopher Conrad, Rene Colditz, Martin Vermeer, Graeme L. Wright, Karin Kollo, Sytze de Bruin, Rangsima Sunila, Gerhard Navratil, Rodrigo Lilla Monzione, J.R. von Asmuth, G.B.M. Henvelink, Hai Xia Mao, Ana Maria Olteanu, Mohamed Bakillah, Sven Schade, Gilberto Comaro, Bertram Ostendorf, Megan Mary Lewis, Anna Dutkiewicz, Hector Franciso Del Valle, Nestor O. Elissalde, Cesar Mario Rostagno, Walter Sione, Paula Daniela Blanco, Norma Fernandez-Buces, Jamshid Farifteh, Christina Siebe, Stephen Denis Kirkby, Fares Howari, Dave Goorahoo, David Zoldoske, Naftaly Goldshleger, Vladimir Mirlas, Eyal Ben-Dor. Recognized and advocated as a powerful tool, the role of remote sensing in identifying, mapping, and monitoring soil salinity and salinization will continue to expand. Remote Sensing of Soil Salinization: Impact on Land Management delineates how to...
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