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Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Année : 2019

Satellite data integration for soil clay content modelling at a national scale

Thomas Loiseau
Songchao Chen
  • Fonction : Auteur
Mercedes Roman Dobarco
  • Fonction : Auteur
Anne C Richer-De-Forges
Sébastien Lehmann
Hocine Bourennane
Nicolas Saby
Manuel Martin
Dominique Arrouays

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Abstract Soil clay content is a key parameter that influences many other soil properties and processes. The potential of adding new and contemporary satellite data for soil property mapping in France is assessed in this study. The soil property maps used for this analysis were produced within the framework of GlobalSoilMap, which was created to deliver global fine grids of soil properties and associated uncertainties using existing soil information and ancillary data to predict these properties based on digital soil mapping techniques. In this study, we evaluate the added value of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Project for On-Board Autonomy-Vegetation (PROBA-V), and Sentinel-2 (S2) data for predicting the soil clay content at 90 m resolution for mainland France. The rationale behind adding these data is that satellite images and derived products may enable the biogeochemical characteristics of the earth’s surface to be captured more effectively, which in turn enables more precise predictions of the soil clay content. For this methodology, we i) create composite bare soil mosaics and derive the spectral indices from S2 data acquired during sowing periods from 2016 to 2017, ii) extract the first three principal components of harmonized MODIS and PROBA-V normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) time series acquired in 2003 and 2016 to represent vegetation changes, and iii) test whether the complementary datasets are able to improve the soil clay information compared to a benchmark value. The soil clay content is obtained by using quantile regression forest (QRF) for each GlobalSoilMap depth interval of 0–5 cm, 5–15 cm, 15–30 cm, 30–60 cm, 60–100 cm, and 100–200 cm along with a 10-fold cross-validation having 10 replicates. The results show that the complementary satellite data improve the clay content estimation on bare soil for the topsoil layers (e.g., 0–30 cm) by increasing the R² and decreasing the bias at averages of 0.05 and 1 g kg−1, respectively. Moreover, the first principal component of the harmonized NDVI data is shown to be the second most important variable for estimating the clay content, as indicated by the QRF models. However, the use of only the satellite data and products as input for the QRF does not yield a satisfactory estimate of the clay content. Finally, this work provides a reference for embedding new remote sensing data in existing national soil inventories and national soil information systems. Further research should incorporate new techniques for considering the spatial–temporal variability of the earth’s surface parameters such as soil moisture and roughness.
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hal-02626187 , version 1 (26-05-2020)

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Thomas Loiseau, Songchao Chen, Vera Leatitia Mulder, Mercedes Roman Dobarco, Anne C Richer-De-Forges, et al.. Satellite data integration for soil clay content modelling at a national scale. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2019, 82, pp.1-16. ⟨10.1016/j.jag.2019.101905⟩. ⟨hal-02626187⟩
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