Global monitoring of soil multifunctionality in drylands using satellite imagery and field data

Autor: R. Hernández‐Clemente, A. Hornero, V. Gonzalez‐Dugo, M. Berdugo, J. L. Quero, J. C. Jiménez, F. T. Maestre
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, Vol 9, Iss 6, Pp 743-758 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2056-3485
DOI: 10.1002/rse2.340
Popis: Abstract Models derived from satellite image data are needed to monitor the status of terrestrial ecosystems across large spatial scales. However, a remote sensing‐based approach to quantify soil multifunctionality at the global scale is missing despite significant research efforts on this topic. A major constraint for doing so is the availability of suitable global‐scale field data to calibrate remote sensing indicators (RSI) and, to a lesser extent, the sensitivity of spectral data of available satellite sensors to soil background and atmospheric conditions. Here, we aimed to develop a soil multifunctionality model to monitor global drylands coupling ground data on 14 soil functions of 222 dryland areas from six continents to 18 RSI derived from a time series (2006–2013) Landsat dataset. Among the RSI evaluated, the chlorophyll absorption ratio index was the best predictor of soil multifunctionality in single‐variable‐based models (r = 0.66, P
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