Item – Thèses Canada

Numéro d'OCLC
46512412
Auteur
Davidson, Andrew,1971-
Titre
Integrating field sampling and remotely sensed data for the quantitative prediction of soil characteristics across a salt-affected grassland.
Diplôme
M. Sc. -- University of Toronto, 1995
Éditeur
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1995.
Description
2 microfiches.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Résumé
A simple local predictor model is described which allows the quantitative mapping of salinity-related soil parameters across an area of semi-arid salt-affected grasslands (Hortobagy National Park, Hungary). Predictions are made using field sampled and remotely sensed data in an uncorrelated weighted averaging scheme. The relative predicted trends in salinity across botanical classes were consistent with those drawn from field sampling, however, the predicted parameter values displayed significantly less variation than the corresponding field sampled measurements. This was explained by (i) spatial averaging; (ii) the lack of spectral separability between botanical classes; (iii) limitations of sensor spatial resolutions; (iv) unrepresentative field sampling; and (v) changing environmental conditions between the recording of satellite and field data. Despite its limitations, this approach produces a method of analyzing spatio-temporal changes in degrees of soil salinization across the grassland, and input for the driving of further grassland models.
ISBN
0612020657
9780612020658