Niwa Katsuhisa, Yokobori Jun, Hongo Chiharu, NAGATA Osamu
Soil science and plant nutrition 57(2) 283-293 2011年4月 査読有り
Soil carbon stocks (SCSs) in an upland area of Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan, were estimated by satellite remote sensing and a soil survey. The soil parent materials in the studied area were alluvial deposits, volcanic ash plus alluvial deposits, and volcanic ash. Surface soil carbon concentrations (SSCCs) were negatively correlated with satellite image data (green, red, and near-infrared reflectance) for each parent material. The highest correlations between reflectance and SSCCs were obtained from red wavelength reflectance for alluvial deposits (r=-0.82, p<0.01) and volcanic ash plus alluvial deposits (r=-0.91, p<0.01), and from near-infrared reflectance for volcanic ash (r=-0.90, p<0.01). We generated an SSCC map of the study area using the regression equations and satellite reflectance data. The soil survey results showed that SSCCs were positively correlated with SCSs in the 0-30cm depth interval for each parent material (best-fit regressions: alluvial deposits, r=0.97; volcanic ash plus alluvial deposits, r=0.97; volcanic ash, r=0.97), and they were also positively correlated with SCSs in the 30-95cm depth interval for volcanic ash (r=0.94). We were therefore able to generate a map of estimated SCSs from the SSCC map and the regression equations developed between SSCCs and SCSs. The estimated and measured SCSs in both depth intervals showed an almost 1:1 relationship, with root-mean-square errors of 19.5 (0-30cm) and 28.6Mg carbon (C) ha^<-1> (30-95cm). According to the SCS maps, SCSs at 0-30cm depth in areas of alluvial deposits, volcanic ash plus alluvial deposits, and volcanic ash were mostly 50-150, 100-200, and 50-250MgCha^<-1>, respectively, whereas at 30-95cm depth in the volcanic ash area they were mostly less than 250MgCha^<-1>.