EDAFOLOGÍA, VOL 13. (1), PP 33-86 2006

APLICACIÓN DE IMÁGENES LANDSAT PARA EVALUAR LA CALIDAD DE LOS SUELOS EN LA ALCARRIA (ESPAÑA)

Ma P. GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ1, Ma E. PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ1 , R. JIMÉNEZ BALLESTA 2 y V. GONZÁLEZ QUIÑONES2

1Dep. Análisis Geográfico Regional y Geografía Física. Facultad de Geografía e Histo- ria. Universidad Complutense. Av. Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Ciudad Universitaria. Ma- drid. Tel 913945969. Fax 913945963. E-mail: [email protected]. 2 Dep. de Química Agrícola, Geología y Geoquímica. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Cantoblanco. Madrid.

Abstract

The object of this paper is to analyse the quality of the soils of the limestone highlands in the region of La Alcarria, in the province of Guadalajara (Spain). For this purpose, TM and ETM from the Landsat satellite were used. Field and laboratory works have been done in order to describe and analyse two profiles of the soils, which are Chromic Luvisol and Calcaric Cambisol. Supervised classifications were done with the whole data, selecting different units of vegetation, lithology and use of the soils.

Key words: quality, Landsat, Alcarria