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Richard Muchena

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• Research Article
  Estimating Soil Carbon Stocks in a Dry Miombo Ecosystem Using Remote Sensing
  Author(s): Richard Muchena Richard Muchena
  
  The total carbon pool in dry Miombo ecosystems is often underestimated. This study sought to close this gap by modelling the relationship between the above ground fresh woody biomass carbon pool and the soil carbon pool using both ground based methods and remote sensing methods. A total of thirty (30 m × 30 m) plots were randomly selected within the study area. Tree height and diameter at breast height (dbh) are the vegetation characteristics, which were measured in the present study. These variables were later used to calculate the above ground fresh biomass carbon per hectare. Soil samples were randomly collected from five points within the plots. The soil samples were analyzed for soil organic carbon (SOC). Three remotely sensed vegetation indices are-Ratio Vegetation Index (RVI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and the Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), wh.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9776.1000198

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