%0 Book Section
%A Ayoubi, S
%A Shahri, A P
%A Karchegani, P M
%A Sahrawat, K L
%B Biomass and Remote Sensing of Biomass
%C InTechWeb.org
%D 2011
%F icrisat:3992
%I InTech Open Access
%P 181-196
%T Application of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to Predict Soil Organic Matter Using Remote Sensing Data in Two Ecosystems
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/3992/
%X Concern over global problems induced by rising CO2 has prompted attention on the role of  forests and pastures as carbon ‘storage’ because forests and pastures store a large amount of  carbon in vegetation biomass and soil. Soil organic matter (SOM) plays a critical role in soil  quality and has the potential to cost-effectively mitigate the detrimental effects of rising  atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and  climate change(Causarano-Medina, 2006).  SOM, an important source of plant nutrients is itself influenced by land use, soil type, parent  material, time, climate and vegetation (Loveland &Webb, 2003). Important climatic factors  influencing SOM include rainfall and temperature. Within the same isotherm, the SOM  content increases with increase in rainfall regime. For the same isohyet, the SOM content................