CONTENTS
1Introduction 1
Soil Erosion and Land Degradation 1
Soil Erosion in Europe 4
Study Site 5
Problem Statement 10
General Research Objectives 11
Thesis Structure 12
2Gaps and opportunities in remote sensing for soil erosion as-
sessment 15
Introduction 16
Satellite remote sensing as an input for soil erosion models . 16
Soil erosion parameters 19
Integration of high spectral resolution remote sensing datain studies on soils 23
2.3 Conclusions 27
3Spectrally active chemical elements as potential soil particle
tracers 31
Introduction 32
Methodology 34
Results and Discussion 36
Conclusions 43
4 Spectral sensitivity of Potassium as a proxy for soil particle
movement 47
Introduction 48
Methods 50
Results 54
Discussion 61
Conclusions 63
5 Tracing Potassium in a silty loam soil with field spectroscopy 65
Introduction 66
Methodology 67
Results and Discussion 70
Conclusions 75
6 Tracing Potassium in a Loess soil with field spectroscopy 77
Introduction 78
Methodology 80
Results 84
Discussion 96
Conclusions 99
7 General Discussion and Conclusions 101
Bibliography 107
Summary 125
Samenvatting 129
Resume 133
Publications 135