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Publication series : Modern Fuzzy Control Systems and Its Applications
Author: Ignacio Meléndez-Pastor Jose Navarro Pedreño Ignacio GómezLucas and Antonis A. Zorpas
Publisher: IntechOpen
Publication year: 2017
E-ISBN: INT6583467989
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535133896
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535133902
Subject: O29 applied mathematics
Keyword: 应用数学
Language: ENG
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A Model for Evaluating Soil Vulnerability to Erosion Using Remote Sensing Data and A Fuzzy Logic System
Description
Soil vulnerability is the capacity of one or more of the ecological functions of the soil system to be harmed. It is a complex concept which requires the identification of multiple environmental factors and land management at different temporal and space scales. The employment of geospatial information with good update capabilities could be a satisfactory tool to assess potential soil vulnerability changes in large areas. This chapter presents the application of two land degradation case studies which is simple, synoptic, and suitable for continuous monitoring model based on the fuzzy logic. The model combines topography and vegetation status information to assess soil vulnerability to land degradation. Topographic parameters were obtained from digital elevation models (DEM), and vegetation status information was derived from the computation of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) satellite images. This spectral index provides relevance and is updated for each scene, evidences about the biomass and soil productivity, and vegetation density cover or vegetation stress (e.g., forest fires, droughts). Modeled output maps are suitable for temporal change analysis, which allows the identification of the effect of land management practices, soil and vegetation regeneration, or climate effects.
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