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supervisor
Staenz, Karl
supervisor
Coburn, Craig A.
author
Bracken, Ashley
author
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
2014-10-30T22:21:42Z
2014-10-30T22:21:42Z
2014
https://hdl.handle.net/10133/3600
Soil is an essential nature resource. Management of this resource is vital for sustainability and the continued functioning of earths atmospheric, hydrospheric and lithospheric functioning. The assessment and continued monitoring of surface soil state provides the information required to effectively manage this resource. This research used a simulated Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) hyperspectral image cube of an agricultural region in semi- arid Mediterranean Spain to classify soil erosion states. Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis (MESMA) was used to derive within pixel fractions of eroded and accumulated soils. A Classification of the soil erosion states using the scene fraction outputs and digital terrain information. The information products generated in this research provided an optimistic outlook for the applicability of the future EnMAP sensor for soil erosion investigations in semi-arid Mediterranean environments. Additionally, this research verifies that the launch of the EnMAP satellite sensor in 2018 will provide the opportunity to further improve the monitoring of earth finite soil resources.
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EnMAP
Semi-arid Mediterranean environments
Detecting soil erosion in semi-arid Mediterranean environments using simulated EnMAP data
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