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Alternate data sources for soil surveys on rangeland Alternate data sources for soil surveys on rangeland

Soil information is an essential theme in a digital information base for land management and resource monitoring, but public land management agencies seldom have detailed soil maps available for all of the area under their administration. Most of these agencies conduct soil surveys on a scheduled basis, but escalating costs and declining budgets are reducing the number of surveys that...
Authors
Emil H. Horvath, A. A. Klingebiel, D. G. Moore, E. A. Fosnight

Infrared remote sensing for monitoring rainfall Infrared remote sensing for monitoring rainfall

Evaluations of thermal infrared satellite data from TIROS-N and the Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) showed that rainfall distribution patterns could be reliably detected on images acquired up to at least three days after the event. The temperature relationship decreased eight days after the event when soil variations influenced the signal. A time-series analysis reduced thermal...
Authors
Donald G. Moore, J.C. Harlan, J. L. Heilman, Donald O. Ohlen, W.D. Rosenthal

Application of digital mapping technology to the display of hydrologic information; a proof-of-concept test in the Fox-Wolf River Basin, Wisconsin Application of digital mapping technology to the display of hydrologic information; a proof-of-concept test in the Fox-Wolf River Basin, Wisconsin

The Fox-Wolf River basin in east-central Wisconsin was selected to test concepts for a water-resources information system using digital mapping technology. This basin of 16,800 sq km is typical of many areas in the country. Fifty digital data sets were included in the Fox-Wolf information system. Many data sets were digitized from 1:500,000 scale maps and overlays. Some thematic data...
Authors
G. K. Moore, L.G. Baten, G.J. Allord, C.J. Robinove

Use of digital land-cover data from the Landsat satellite in estimating streamflow characteristics in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee Use of digital land-cover data from the Landsat satellite in estimating streamflow characteristics in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee

Characteristics of Streamflow at ungaged sites in coal-mining areas of the Cumberland Plateau may be estimated with regression equations that relate streamflow characteristics to the physiographic and climatic characteristics of the corresponding drainage basins. An experiment was performed to compare the accuracy of equations using basin characteristics derived from maps and...
Authors
E. F. Hollyday, G.R. Hansen

Rangeland applications Rangeland applications

No abstract available.
Authors
D. M. Carneggie, B.J. Schrumpf, D.A. Mouat

Geomorphic classification of Icelandic volcanoes Geomorphic classification of Icelandic volcanoes

No abstract available.
Authors
Richard S. Williams, Sigurdur Thorarinsson, Elliot C. Morris

A review of remote sensing and grasslands literature A review of remote sensing and grasslands literature

Studies between 1971 and 1980 dealing with remote sensing of rangelands/grasslands in the multispectral band are summarized and evaluated. Vegetation and soil reflectance properties are described. In the majority of the studies, the effect of the reflectance of green rangelands vegetation on the reflectance from the total scene is the primary concern. Developments in technique are...
Authors
G. Gray Tappan, H. C. Kinsler
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