Soil erosion is a most severe environmental problem in hilly area. The study carried out on Upper Bagmati River basin, North of Kathmandu valley having an area 61 Sq.km. (approx). Universal Loss Equation (USLE) model, with Geographic Information System (GIS) has been used to quantify the soil loss. Erosion modelling requires huge amount information and data, usually coming from different source...

EDITORIAL article Front. Soil Sci., 06 June 2023Sec. Pedometrics Volume 3 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2023.1225672

Little effort has been made to link soil mapping and soil data density to a nation’s welfare. Soil map density in 31 European countries and 44 low and middle income countries is linked to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and the number of soil scientists per country. National coverage of exploratory soil maps (>1:250 000) is generally higher in the poorest countries and decreases with in...

Many soil remote sensing applications rely on narrow-band observations to exploit molecular absorption features. However, broadband sensors are invaluable for soil surveying, agriculture, land management and mineral exploration, amongst others. These sensors provide denser time series compared to high-resolution airborne imaging spectrometers and hold the potential of increasing the observable ...