Spatial Techniques for Soil Erosion Estimation - Remote Sensing and GIS Approach

This book presents a novel computation of the topographic LS factor of the USLE model to estimate spatial soil erosion. In developing countries, soil erosion is one of the main concerns as it adversely affects agriculture and reduces food production. Therefore, the author presents a particularly relevant approach, as he demonstrates how the C++ programming allows us to identify important erosion stages like detachment and deposition. He does this by assessing the annual rate of soil erosion from the Shakkar River watershed in India using distributed information and applying RS and GIS techniques. He also discusses different approaches that have been proposed to work out the influence of topography on erosion. Simulated and observed data of sediment loss are compared for the period 1992 to 2006.This book provides an easy-to-understand basic piece of soil erosion and hydrological research and reaches out to young researchers and students at the graduate and undergraduate levelas well as applicants of soil erosion models.

List of contents

Introduction.- Usle - Gis Based Soil Erosion Assessment: An Overview.- Study Area and Data Collection.- Spatial Techniques for Soil Erosion Estimation.- Distributed Soil Erosion Modelling.- Summary, Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Work.

Summary

Discusses different approaches on the implementation of the influence of topography on erosion

Provides an executable C++ program for computation of the LS factor

Important tool for developing regional soil erosion prediction models

Useful for prioritization of watersheds to undertake conservation work

Product details

• Authors: Rupesh Jayaram Patil
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319742854
• ISBN: 978-3-31-974285-4
• No. of pages: 81
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 239 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 190 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 81 p. 23 illus., 21 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in GIS; SpringerBriefs in GIS
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; C, Water, Civil Engineering, Earth and Environmental Science, Hydrology, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Hydrology/Water Resources, Physical geography, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Geographical Information System, Geographical information systems, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Geomorphology, Geomorphology & geological surface processes