Use of a Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing Technology forMonitoring Land Use and Soil Carbon Change in the Subtropical Dry Forest Life

摘要

This report presents the use of geographic information systems and remote sensingtechnology for monitoring land use and soil carbon change in the subtropical dry forest life zone of Puerto Rico. This research included the south of Puerto Rico that belongs to the subtropical dry forest life zone. The Guanica Commonwealth Forest Biosphere Reserve and the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve are studied in detail because of their location in the subtropical dry forest life zone. Aerial photography, digital multispectral imagery, soil samples, soil survey maps, field inspections, and differential global positioning system (DGPS) observations were used.