Title
Dynamic assessment of soil erosion risk using landsat TM and HJ satellite data in danjiangkou reservoir area, China
Abstract
Danjiangkou reservoir area is the main water source and the submerged area of the Middle Route South-to-North Water Transfer Project of China. Soil erosion is a factor that significantly influences the quality and transfer of water from the Danjiangkou reservoir. The objective of this study is to assess the water erosion (rill and sheet erosion) risk and dynamic change trend of spatial distribution in erosion status and intensity between 2004 and 2010 in the Danjiangkou reservoir area using a multicriteria evaluation method. The multicriteria evaluation method synthesizes the vegetation fraction cover, slope gradient, and land use. Based on the rules and erosion risk assessment results of the study area in 2004 and 2010, the research obtained the conservation priority map. This study result shows an improvement in erosion status of the study area, the eroded area decreased from 32.1% in 2004 to 25.43% in 2010. The unchanged regions dominated the study area and that the total area of improvement grade erosion was larger than that of deterioration grade erosion. The severe, more severe, and extremely severe areas decreased by 4.71%, 2.28%, and 0.61% of the total study area, respectively. The percentages of regions where erosion grade transformed from extremely severe to slight, light and moderate were 0.18%, 0.02%, and 0.30%, respectively. However, a deteriorated region with a 2,897.60 km(2) area was still observed. This area cannot be ignored in the determination of a general governance scheme. The top two conservation priority levels cover almost all regions with severe erosion and prominent increase in erosion risk, accounting for 7.31% of the study area. The study results can assist government agencies in decision making for determining erosion control areas, starting regulation projects, and making soil conservation measures.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.3390/rs5083826
REMOTE SENSING
Keywords
Field
DocType
erosion risk,erosion changing trend,Danjiangkou reservoir,Landsat TM and HJ Data
Vegetation,Erosion control,Hydrology,China,Risk assessment,Soil conservation,Erosion,Rill,Geology,Land use
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
8
null
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.43
6
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lihui Wang1121.83
Jinliang Huang2658.56
Yun Du315316.11
Yanxia Hu4152.26
Pengpeng Han5253.09