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Application of remote sensing to estimating soil erosion potentialA variety of remote sensing data sources and interpretation techniques has been tested in a 6136 hectare watershed with agricultural, forest and urban land cover to determine the relative utility of alternative aerial photographic data sources for gathering the desired land use/land cover data. The principal photographic data sources are high altitude 9 x 9 inch color infrared photos at 1:120,000 and 1:60,000 and multi-date medium altitude color and color infrared photos at 1:60,000. Principal data for estimating soil erosion potential include precipitation, soil, slope, crop, crop practice, and land use/land cover data derived from topographic maps, soil maps, and remote sensing. A computer-based geographic information system organized on a one-hectare grid cell basis is used to store and quantify the information collected using different data sources and interpretation techniques. Research results are compared with traditional Universal Soil Loss Equation field survey methods.
Document ID
19800057140
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Morris-Jones, D. R.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Kiefer, R. W.
(Wisconsin, University Madison, Wis., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1980
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Meeting Information
Meeting: Remote sensing of earth resources. Volume 7 - Annual Remote Sensing of Earth Resources Conference
Location: Tullahoma, TN
Start Date: March 27, 1978
End Date: March 29, 1978
Accession Number
80A41310
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-50-002-127
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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