Organization of retrospective monitoring of the soil cover in Azov district of Rostov oblast

• Published in: Eurasian soil science Vol. 48; no. 10; pp. 1029 - 1049
• Main Authors: Bryzzhev, A. V., Rukhovich, D. I., Koroleva, P. V., Kalinina, N. V., Vil’chevskaya, E. V., Dolinina, E. A., Rukhovich, S. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.10.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Analysis; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental monitoring; Genesis and Geography of Soils; Geographic information systems; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Land use; Remote sensing; Soil sciences; Topographic mapping; Russia; Russia, Yaroslavskaya, Rostov; INW, Russia; MED, Azov Sea; digital elevation models; soil science; geoinformatics; soil maps
• ISSN: 1064-2293; 1556-195X
• DOI: 10.1134/S1064229315100014

Retrospective monitoring of the state of soils and lands is based on the principles of actualization of their identification features based on the available materials of remote sensing (RS). The characteristics of RS materials and topographic maps applied for this purpose are discussed. It is argued that temporal changes in the state of soils and lands can be inferred from three types of RS materials covering the entire agricultural territory of Russia. Information about the availability of these materials is given. The methodology of retrospective monitoring of the state of soils and lands is realized with the use of GIS technologies. Classification schemes of the types of land use and their dynamics for the considered region are suggested.