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LANDSAT MID‐INFRARED DATA AND GIS IN REGIONAL SURFACE SOIL‐MOISTURE ASSESSMENT 1
Author(s) -
Shih Sun F,
Jordan Jonathan D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1992.tb01493.x
Subject(s) - thematic mapper , environmental science , water content , hydrology (agriculture) , remote sensing , thematic map , land use , geographic information system , wetland , surface water , moisture , satellite imagery , geography , geology , cartography , environmental engineering , meteorology , ecology , civil engineering , geotechnical engineering , engineering , biology
Landsat satellite Thematic Mapper (TM) data were used to assess regional soil moisture conditions. The mid‐infrared (MIR) data of TM band 7 were overlain onto four principal land‐use categories (Agricultural/Irrigated, Urban/Clearings, Forest/ Wetlands, Water) using a geographic information system (GIS). M data were used to assess four qualitative surface soil‐moisture conditions (water/very wet, wet, moist, and dry) within each land‐use category of a 208,354 ha southwestern Florida study area. The MIR response was inversely related to the qualitative surface soil‐moisture content. Integration of Landsat TM MIR data with land use through GIS appears to be a useful technique for high‐resolution regional soil moisture assessment, and further research to reline this technique is recommended.