Digital Terrain Analysis In Soil Science And Geology

Author : Igor Florinsky
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128046333

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Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology by Igor Florinsky Pdf

Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology, Second Edition, synthesizes the knowledge on methods and applications of digital terrain analysis and geomorphometry in the context of multi-scale problems in soil science and geology. Divided into three parts, the book first examines main concepts, principles, and methods of digital terrain modeling. It then looks at methods for analysis, modeling, and mapping of spatial distribution of soil properties using digital terrain analysis, before finally considering techniques for recognition, analysis, and interpretation of topographically manifested geological features. Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology, Second Edition, is an updated and revised edition, providing both a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding and applying geographical modeling techniques. Presents an integrated and unified view of digital terrain analysis in both soil science and geology Features research on new advances in the field, including DEM analytical approximation, analytical calculation of local morphometric variables, morphometric globes, and two-dimensional generalized spectral analytical methods Includes a rigorous description of the mathematical principles of digital terrain analysis Provides both a theoretical and methodological basis for understanding and applying geographical modeling

Author : John P. Wilson,John C. Gallant
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0471321885

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Terrain Analysis by John P. Wilson,John C. Gallant Pdf

Dieses Buch untersucht, welchen Einfluß Landschaftsformen, insbesondere Höhenunterschiede, auf die an der Erdoberfläche ablaufenden Prozesse haben. Wasserbewegungen, die Sonneneinstrahlung sowie die Bodenentwicklung und -erosion werden alle mehr oder minder durch die Form der Landschaftsoberfläche gesteuert. Die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Landschaftsanalyse sind vielfältig: Sie reichen von Studien über Wasserscheiden und Feuchtgebiete über Bodenkunde und Erosionsstudien, Landschafts- und Landnutzungsstudien bis zu geomorphologischer Forschung und regionalen und globalen Ökologiestudien. Darüber hinaus kann die Landschaftsanalyse auch zu meteorologischen Vorhersagen sowie bei Problemen mit TV- oder Radiosignalempfang eingesetzt werden. Dieses Forschungsgebiet hat in Verbindung mit den jüngsten Fortschritten auf dem Gebiet der GIS und GPS eine rasante Entwicklung durchlaufen. In diesem Band werden alle diese neuen Ansätze und Anwendungsbereiche umfassend erläutert. (y05/00)

Author : Qiming Zhou,Brian Lees,Guo-an Tang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540778004

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Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis by Qiming Zhou,Brian Lees,Guo-an Tang Pdf

Terrain analysis has attracted research studies from geographers, surveyors, engineers and computer scientists. The contributions in this book represent the state-of-the-art of terrain analysis methods and techniques in areas of digital representation, morphological and hydrological models, uncertainty and applications of terrain analysis. The book will appeal to postgraduate and senior undergraduate students who take advanced courses in GIS and geographical analysis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080468071

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Digital Soil Mapping by Anonim Pdf

The book compiles the main ideas and methodologies that have been proposed and tested within these last fifteen years in the field of Digital Soil Mapping (DSM). Begining with current experiences of soil information system developments in various regions of the world, this volume presents states of the art of different topics covered by DSM: Conception and handling of soil databases, sampling methods, new soil spatial covariates, Quantitative spatial modelling, Quality assessment and representation of DSM outputs. This book provides a solid support to students, researchers and engineers interested in modernising soil survey approaches with numerical techniques. It is also of great interest for potential soil data users. * A new concept to meet the worldwide demand for spatial soil data * The first compilation of ideas and methodologies of Digital Soil Mapping * Offers a variety of specialities: soil surveying, geostatistics, data mining, fuzzy logic, remote sensing techniques, Geographical Information Science,...* Written by 82 researchers from 13 different countries

Author : Tomislav Hengl,Hannes I. Reuter
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080921884

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Geomorphometry by Tomislav Hengl,Hannes I. Reuter Pdf

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis. It draws upon mathematical, statistical, and image-processing techniques to quantify the shape of earth's topography at various spatial scales. The focus of geomorphometry is the calculation of surface-form measures (land-surface parameters) and features (objects), which may be used to improve the mapping and modelling of landforms to assist in the evaluation of soils, vegetation, land use, natural hazards, and other information. This book provides a practical guide to preparing Digital Elevation Models (DEM) for analysis and extracting land-surface parameters and objects from DEMs through a variety of software. It further offers detailed instructions on applying parameters and objects in soil, agricultural, environmental and earth sciences. This is a manual of state-of-the-art methods to serve the various researchers who use geomorphometry. Soil scientists will use this book to further learn the methods for classifying and measuring the chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils and gain a further understaing of the role of soil as a natural resource. Geologists will find value in the instruction this book provides for measuring the physical features of the soil such as elevation, porosity, and structure which geologists use to predict natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and flooding. * Technical details on a variety of software packages allow researchers to solve real-life mapping issues * Provides soil and agronomy researchers best practice techniques for soil data analysis to assist in enhanced land-use and planning * Offers geologists essential tactics for better environmental management by providing a comprehensive analysis of the physical features of soil * Companion website includes access to the latest technological advancements previously unpublished in any other comprehensive source: geomorphometry software, DEM data sources, and applications

Author : John P. Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118936207

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Environmental Applications of Digital Terrain Modeling by John P. Wilson Pdf

A digital elevation model (DEM) is a digital representation of ground surface topography or terrain. It is also widely known as a digital terrain model (DTM). A DEM can be represented as a raster (a grid of squares) or as a vector based triangular irregular network (TIN). DEMs are commonly built using remote sensing techniques, but they may also be built from land surveying. DEMs are used often in geographic information systems, and are the most common basis for digitally-produced relief maps. The terrain surface can be described as compromising of two different elements; random and systematic. The random (stochastic) elements are the continuous surfaces with continuously varying relief. It would take an endless number of points to describe exactly the random terrain shapes, but these can be described in practice with a network of point. It is usual to use a network that creates sloping triangles or regular quadrants. This book examines how the methods and data sources used to generate DEMs and calculate land surface parameters have changed over the past 25 years. The primary goal is to describe the state-of-the-art for a typical digital terrain modeling workflow that starts with data capture, continues with data preprocessing and DEM generation, and concludes with the calculation of one or more primary and secondary land surface parameters. Taken as a whole, this book covers the basic theory behind the methods, the instrumentation, analysis and interpretation that are embedded in the modern digital terrain modeling workflow, the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods that the terrain analyst must choose among, typical applications of the results emanating from these terrain modeling workflows, and future directions. This book is intended for researchers and practitioners who wish to use DEMs, land surface parameters, land surface objects and landforms in environmental projects. The book will also be valuable as a reference text for environmental scientists who are specialists in related fields and wish to integrate these kinds of digital terrain workflows and outputs into their own specialized work environments.

Author : Budiman Minasny,Brendan P. Malone,Alex B. McBratney
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203106105

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Digital Soil Assessments and Beyond by Budiman Minasny,Brendan P. Malone,Alex B. McBratney Pdf

Digital soil assessments and beyond contains papers presented at the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, held 10-13 April 2012 at the University of Sydney, Australia. The contributions demonstrate the latest developments in digital soil mapping as a discipline with a special focus on the use of map products to drive policy decisions particularly on climate change and food, water and soil security. The workshop and now this resulting publication have better united formerly disparate subdisciplines in soil science: pedology (study of the formation, distribution and potential use of soils) and pedometrics (quantitative and statistical analysis of soil variation in space and time). This book compiles papers covering a range of topics: digital soil assessment, digital soil modelling, operational soil mapping, soil and environmental covariates, soil sampling and monitoring and soil information modelling, artificial intelligence and cyber-infrastructure, and GlobalSoilMap. Digital soil assessments and beyond aims to encourage new mapping incentives and stimulate new ideas to make digital soil mapping practicable from local to national and ultimately global scales.

Author : Alfred E. Hartemink,Alex B. McBratney,Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781402085925

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Digital Soil Mapping with Limited Data by Alfred E. Hartemink,Alex B. McBratney,Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos Pdf

Signi?cant technological advances have been few and far between in the past approximately one hundred years of soil survey activities. Perhaps one of the most innovative techniques in the history of soil survey was the introduction of aerial photographs as base maps for ?eld mapping, which replaced the conventional base map laboriously prepared by planetable and alidade. Such a relatively simple idea by today’s standards revolutionized soil surveys by vastly increasing the accuracy and ef?ciently. Yet, even this innovative approach did not gain universal acceptance immediately and was hampered by a lack of aerial coverage of the world, funds to cover the costs, and in some cases a reluctance by some soil mappers and cartog- phers to change. Digital Soil Mapping (DSM), which is already being used and tested by groups of dedicated and innovative pedologists, is perhaps the next great advancement in delivering soil survey information. However, like many new technologies, it too has yet to gain universal acceptance and is hampered by ignorance on the part of some pedologists and other scientists. DSM is a spatial soil information system created by numerical models that - count for the spatial and temporal variations of soil properties based on soil - formation and related environmental variables (Lagacheric and McBratney, 2007).

Author : Gan-lin Zhang,Dick Brus,Feng Liu,Xiao-Dong Song,Philippe Lagacherie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789811004155

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Digital Soil Mapping Across Paradigms, Scales and Boundaries by Gan-lin Zhang,Dick Brus,Feng Liu,Xiao-Dong Song,Philippe Lagacherie Pdf

This book contains papers presented at the 6th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, held 11-14 November 2014 at the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences of Nanjing, China. Digital soil mapping is advancing on different fronts at different paces throughout the world. The researches and applications on DSM are moving from method development to realizations in different scales and regions, serving the generation of national and continental to global soil grids. Meanwhile, new ideas and insights on mapping complex soil-landscapes such as flat plains,anthropogenically altered agriculture and urban spaces are emerging, with the help of new paradigms and models.The goal of the sixth workshop was to review and discuss the state of the art in digital soil mapping, and to explore strategies for bridging research, production, and environmental applications. This book provides a very useful and comprehensive overview of the status of digital soil mapping, in which graduate students, scientists and specialists working within the field of geography can find the spatial prediction approaches and related theory.

Author : John P. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 186242022X

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Terrain Analysis by John P. Wilson Pdf

Author : Don Gotterbarn,Keith W. Miller,John Impagliazzo,Ahmad Zaki Bin Abu Bakar
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780415621557

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Computing Ethics by Don Gotterbarn,Keith W. Miller,John Impagliazzo,Ahmad Zaki Bin Abu Bakar Pdf

This textbook emphasizes a diversity of values from different cultures, religions, and geographical locations. The book is designed to assist students, computing professionals, and faculty members to act in a more professional and ethical manner. Compelling case studies, ethical reasoning, and cultural perspectives will be included throughout the book, and the authors will apply lessons learned over many years of intense involvement in computing ethics. The text is appropriate either as a main text in a stand-alone ethics course or as a supplementary text for other related courses.

Author : Robert Joseph Peckham,Gyozo Jordan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540367314

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Digital Terrain Modelling by Robert Joseph Peckham,Gyozo Jordan Pdf

This publication is the first book on the development and application of digital terrain modeling for regional planning and policy support. It is a compilation of research results by international research groups at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, providing scientific support to the development and implementation of EU environmental policy. This practice-oriented book is recommended reading for practising environmental modelers and GIS experts working on regional planning and policy support applications.

Author : Brendan P. Malone,Budiman Minasny,Alex B. McBratney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319443270

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Using R for Digital Soil Mapping by Brendan P. Malone,Budiman Minasny,Alex B. McBratney Pdf

This book describes and provides many detailed examples of implementing Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) using R. The work adheres to Digital Soil Mapping theory, and presents a strong focus on how to apply it. DSM exercises are also included and cover procedures for handling and manipulating soil and spatial data in R. The book also introduces the basic concepts and practices for building spatial soil prediction functions, and then ultimately producing digital soil maps.

Author : Bruno Basso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Digital mapping
ISBN : MSU:31293020484006

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Digital Terrain Analysis and Simulation Modeling to Assess Spatial Variabilty of Soil Water Balance and Crop Production by Bruno Basso Pdf

Author : Janis L. Boettinger,David W. Howell,Amanda C. Moore,Alfred E. Hartemink,Suzann Kienast-Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048188635

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Digital Soil Mapping by Janis L. Boettinger,David W. Howell,Amanda C. Moore,Alfred E. Hartemink,Suzann Kienast-Brown Pdf

Digital Soil Mapping is the creation and the population of a geographically referenced soil database. It is generated at a given resolution by using field and laboratory observation methods coupled with environmental data through quantitative relationships. Digital soil mapping is advancing on different fronts at different rates all across the world. This book presents the state-of-the art and explores strategies for bridging research, production, and environmental application of digital soil mapping.It includes examples from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The chapters address the following topics: - evaluating and using legacy soil data - exploring new environmental covariates and sampling schemes - using integrated sensors to infer soil properties or status - innovative inference systems predicting soil classes, properties, and estimating their uncertainties - using digital soil mapping and techniques for soil assessment and environmental application - protocol and capacity building for making digital soil mapping operational around the globe.