ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 128-137

Application of remote information and GIS technologies to create digital soil map (by the example of the plain and foothill parts of Kabardino-Balkaria)

R.Kh. Tembotov 1 , O.N. Gorobtsova 1 , F.V. Gedgafova 1 , T.S. Uligova 1 , E.M. Khakunova 1 
1 Tembotov Institute of Ecology of Mountain Territories RAS, Nalchik, Russia
Accepted: 28.07.2022
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-128-137
The article shows the effectiveness of applying a methodology for creating digital soil maps that combines the actual material on soils (training sample) and remote sensing data processed using geostatistical methods. The technique was applied to form a model of the structure of the soil cover on the example of the plain-foothill part of Kabardino-Balkaria. Stepwise discriminant analysis was used to process combined data on the spatial dynamics of the properties of various types and subtypes of soils and further modeling. The obtained results indicate that all 11 studied soil subtypes are well recognized in the created model. The recognition quality is 74–100 %, and the overall quality of the discriminant model is 85 %, which allows us to consider the created digital soil map as quite adequate. Unlike conventional digitized versions of paper soil maps, the created information product is a cartographic model, which is a database that can be updated and supplemented, thereby increasing its reliability. Digital version of the traditional soil map, based on a combination of field data and remote information, is an effective tool for land management, development of agricultural technologies and soil protection measures.
Keywords: digital soil map, discriminant analysis, remote sensing data, digital elevation model, bioclimatic characteristics
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