Multisensoral Topsoil Mapping in the Semiarid Lake Manyara Region, Northern Tanzania

Multisensoral Topsoil Mapping in the Semiarid Lake Manyara Region, Northern Tanzania

This study pursues the mapping of the distribution of topsoils and surface substrates of the Lake Manyara area of northern Tanzania. The nine soil and lithological target classes were selected through fieldwork and laboratory analysis of soil samples. High-resolution WorldView-2 data, TerraSAR-X in...

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Main Authors: Felix Bachofer, Geraldine Quénéhervé, Volker Hochschild, Michael Maerker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
topsoil mapping
ASTER
SAR
WorldView-2
topographical indices
multisensoral
SVM
multiscale
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/7/8/9563

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