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Assessment on spatial extent of arid and semi-arid climatic zones of India using GIS

open access: yesJournal of Agrometeorology, 2021
In this study, a quantitative assessment of spatial extent of arid and semi-arid climatic zones of India was performed for the period from 1988 to 2018 using potential evapo-transpiration (PET) calculated by Modified Penman Method, estimated from ...
NISHA SAHU   +4 more
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Assessment of soil organic and inorganic carbon stock at different soil depths after conversion of desert into arable land in the hot arid regions of India

open access: yesCarbon Management, 2021
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and inorganic carbon (SIC) are important carbon reservoirs in terrestrial ecosystems. But, little attention was paid to carbon dynamics in hot arid regions of India. In order to assess the carbon stock after conversion of desert
Pravash Chandra Moharana   +4 more
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Long term trend analysis of vegetation dynamics over Rajasthan using satellite derived enhanced vegetation index

open access: yesJournal of Agrometeorology, 2023
Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) time series data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) for the years 2001 to 2021 were used to understand the vegetation dynamics in the Rajasthan during last 21 years.
BRIJESH YADAV   +5 more
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Hydrologic control on natural land subsidence in the shallow coastal aquifer of the Ravenna coast, Italy [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2020
Multiple processes contributing to natural land subsidence in a shallow coastal aquifer near Ravenna (Italy) were identified by analysing the relationships among different data set time series (water table level, rainfall, land reclamation drainage, sea ...
M. Antonellini   +7 more
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Modeling and Assessment of Land Degradation Vulnerability in Arid Ecosystem of Rajasthan Using Analytical Hierarchy Process and Geospatial Techniques

open access: yesLand, 2022
Wind erosion is a major natural disaster worldwide, and it is a key problem in western Rajasthan in India. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the Geographic Information System (GIS), and remote sensing satellite images are effective tools for ...
Brijesh Yadav   +14 more
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GIS IN SOIL SURVEY AND SOIL MAPPING

open access: yesGeodesy and cartography, 2021
The main goal of this paper is to present a methodology for land evaluation by supporting decision-makers with reliable information for the land-use planning process. One of the focuses of this paper is given to the survey process and interpretation between soil survey, soil survey interpretation, and physical land evaluation.
Perparim Ameti, Besim Ajvazi
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Fertility capability classification (FCC) of soils of a lower Brahmaputra valley area of Assam, India

open access: yesEnvironment Conservation Journal, 2022
Fertility capability classification (FCC) is a system of classification which uses pedological data of soils and coverts it into capability classes based on major fertility constraints portrayed by the soils.
Surabhi Hota   +4 more
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Soil Surveys and Soil Analyses

open access: yesThe Journal of Agricultural Science, 1911
In undertaking a survey of the soils of a given district the methods of analysis and the classification to be adopted (which in its turn shapes the scheme of the work) must be determined by the purpose before the investigator at the outset. His end may be scientific–to assign the soils in question to their types, or practical–to give information to the
Hall, A. D., Russell, E. J.
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Delineation of nutrient management zones in Chunian using soil attributes database developed by soil fertility research institute, Punjab, Pakistan

open access: yesSoil & Environment, 2018
A significant increase in food production, approximately 70%, is needed to feed the estimated 9.1 billion world population by 2050. Site-specific nutrient management through adoption of Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies can potentially increase ...
Muhammad Salik Ali Khan   +7 more
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Sustainable yield of the Colle Quartara carbonate aquifer in the Southern Lepini Mountains (Central Italy)

open access: yesAcque Sotterranee, 2016
The present research is aimed to contribute to the groundwater resource sustainable management of a carbonate aquifer in a test area of the Lepini Mountains (Central Italy). This aquifer constitutes a major exploited groundwater body of central Apennines.
Giovanni Conte   +5 more
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