Digital map of salt-affected soils of Khakassia

• Published in: Eurasian soil science Vol. 45; no. 11; pp. 997 - 1012
• Main Authors: Chernousenko, G. I., Kalinina, N. V., Rukhovich, D. I., Koroleva, P. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.11.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Cartography; Digital mapping; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Genesis and Geography of Soils; Geographic information systems; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Remote sensing; Salinity; Soil sciences; Soils; Khakassia Russia; Russia; INW, Russia; Salt Affected Soil; Satellite Imagery; Digital Elevation Model; EURASIAN Soil Science; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• ISSN: 1064-2293; 1556-195X
• DOI: 10.1134/S1064229312110026

A new methodological approach aimed at the creation and correction of digital soil maps on the basis of systematized and georeferenced available cartographic and attribute information arranged into a GIS project has been tested. The particular stages and methods of the creation of a digital map of salt-affected soils of Khakassia with the use of GIS technologies in the ArcInfo format are described. All the available cartographic materials, including the Soils of Russia GIS project, digital elevation models, remote sensing data, and analytical data on 82 soil pits (including the authors’ materials and previously published data), have been used for the creation of this new map.