Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils

✍ Scribed by Tarik Mitran, Ram Swaroop Meena, Abhishek Chakraborty

• Publisher: Springer Singapore;Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 528
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The sustainable development of the agriculture sector is the only option to meet the demands of increased and economically viable production in a changing climate. This means there is a need to introduce the latest technologies to enhance production, and also help policymakers make decisions for the future. Geospatial technologies & tools, such as remote sensing, geographical information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), and mobile & web applications, provide unique capabilities to analyze multi-scale, multi-temporal datasets, and support decision-making in sustainable agriculture development and natural resources management. Further, the availability of reliable and timely geospatial information on natural resources and environmental conditions is essential for sustainable agricultural development and food security. Since remote sensing solutions are fast, non-destructive and have large spatial coverage, they can play a significant role in the identification, inventory, and mapping of land resources. Over the past four decades, remote sensing has proved to be a cost-effective and powerful tool to assess crop and soil properties in varying spatial and temporal scales using both visual and digital techniques. Satellite remote sensing coupled with GIS & mobile-app based positional information has emerged as an efficient tool for optimizing input resources, and minimizing cost of production and risk of biotic/ abiotic factors nature to promote sustainable agriculture. This book comprehensively documents the applications of space-based technologies for crop and soil assessments for the sustainable development of agriculture.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi
Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils: An Overview (Tarik Mitran, Ram Swaroop Meena, Abhishek Chakraborty)....Pages 1-48
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System: A Tool for Precision Farming (Pabitra Kumar Mani, Agniva Mandal, Saikat Biswas, Buddhadev Sarkar, Tarik Mitran, Ram Swaroop Meena)....Pages 49-111
Retrieval of Crop Biophysical Parameters Using Remote Sensing (Nilimesh Mridha, Debasish Chakraborty, Anima Biswal, Tarik Mitran)....Pages 113-151
Spatialization of Crop Growth Simulation Model Using Remote Sensing (Anima Biswal, Abhishek Chakraborty, C. S. Murthy)....Pages 153-199
Crop Monitoring Using Microwave Remote Sensing (P Srikanth, Abhishek Chakraborty, C S Murthy)....Pages 201-228
Crop Production Estimation Using Remote Sensing (Dibyendu Deb, Subhadeep Mandal, Shovik Deb, Ashok Choudhury, Satyajit Hembram)....Pages 229-243
Concepts and Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescence: A Remote Sensing Perspective (Karun Kumar Choudhary, Abhishek Chakraborty, Mamta Kumari)....Pages 245-276
Point and Imaging Spectroscopy in Geospatial Analysis of Soils (Rodnei Rizzo, Wanderson de Souza Mendes, Nélida Elizabet Quiñonez Silvero, Fabricio da Silva Terra, André C. Dotto, Natasha V. dos Santos et al.)....Pages 277-317
Digital Soil Mapping: The Future Need of Sustainable Soil Management (Priyabrata Santra, Mahesh Kumar, N. R. Panwar, R. S. Yadav)....Pages 319-355
Soil Moisture Retrieval Techniques Using Satellite Remote Sensing (Anush Kumar K., Raj Setia, Dharmendra Kumar Pandey, Deepak Putrevu, Arundhati Misra, Brijendra Pateriya)....Pages 357-385
Geospatial Modelling for Soil Quality Assessment (Suresh Kumar, Justin George Kalambukattu)....Pages 387-420
Land Degradation Assessment Using Geospatial Techniques (Arijit Barman, Nirmalendu Basak, Bhaskar Narjary, Tarik Mitran)....Pages 421-453
Groundwater Management for Irrigated Agriculture Through Geospatial Techniques (Rajarshi Saha, Tarik Mitran, Suryadipta Mukherjee, Iswar Chandra Das, K. Vinod Kumar)....Pages 455-488
Assessment of Urban Sprawl Impact on Agricultural Land Use Using Geospatial Techniques (Kuntal Ganguly, Shewli Shabnam, Srabani Das, Tarik Mitran)....Pages 489-521

✦ Subjects

Earth Sciences; Biogeosciences; Sustainable Development; Soil Science & Conservation; Agriculture