Open AccessComparison of soil moisture indices and field measurements in hilly agricultural lands of SW Hungary
Author(s) -
Gábor Nagy,
Dénes Lóczy,
Szabolcs Czigány,
Mauro Hrvatin,
Rok Ciglič
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta geographica debrecina. landscape and environment series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1789-7556
pISSN - 1789-4921
DOI - 10.21120/le/15/1/7
Subject(s) - environmental science , water content , surface runoff , vadose zone , agriculture , moisture , soil science , hydrology (agriculture) , soil water , land use , field capacity , geography , geology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , biology , meteorology
The retention of surface runoff and the preservation of soil moisture are among the most important water-related ecosystem services. In addition to field monitoring, advanced remote sensing techniques have been devised to reveal soil moisture dynamics on agricultural land. In our study we compare two soil moisture indices, TWI and SAVI, in three agricultural areas with different land use types. The SAVI has been found suitable to point out spatial variation on the moisture conditions of the vadose zone.