Sediment yield modelling for small agricultural catchments: land-cover parameterization based on remote sensing data analysis

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 17; no. 9; pp. 1845 - 1866
• Main Authors: Paringit, Enrico C., Nadaoka, Kazuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 30.06.2003; Wiley
• Subjects: Areal geology. Maps; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; erosion; Exact sciences and technology; Geologic maps, cartography; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; Japan; Marine and continental quaternary; remote sensing; sediment yield; spectral mixture model; Surficial geology; vegetation indeces; Far East; Japan; ISEW, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Okinawa; spectral mixture model; rainfall; regression analysis; runoff; digital elevation models; geographic information systems; remote sensing; vegetation; rain water; digital simulation; drainage divide; erosion control; drainage basins; sediment yield; Asia; islands; vegetation indeces; discharge; erosion; soil erosion; soils; land cover

Vegetation and soil properties and their associated changes through time and space affect the various stages of soil erosion. The island of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan is of particular concern because of the propensity of the red‐soil‐dominated watersheds in the area to contribute substant...