Title :
The Application of Remote Sensing Data to Assess Soil Erosion
Author :
Li, Jiacun ; Zhao, Wenji ; Zhang, Xiaohui
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of 3D Inf. Acquisition & Applic., Capital Normal Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Soil erosion is a serious geo-environmental issue causing land degradation in China. Developing new techniques based on remote sensing data to assess soil erosion will assist in the comprehensive treatment of environment and the sustainable management of soil resources. In this paper, land cover and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images to assess the soil erosion with DEM. These techniques will assist in the sustainable development of Guanting reservoir.
Keywords :
digital elevation models; erosion; remote sensing; reservoirs; soil; vegetation; China; Guanting reservoir; Landsat Thematic Mapper image; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; geoenvironmental issue; land cover; land degradation; remote sensing; soil erosion; Earth; Remote sensing; Reservoirs; Satellites; Soil; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ningbo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7871-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICMULT.2010.5629726
