Biography/ Background
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Ms Sofanit Araya

Telephone	+61 8 8313 6756
Email	sofanitgirma.araya@adelaide.edu.au
Building	John Davies Building
Floor/Room	M 07
Campus	Waite
Org Unit	Ecology Evolution and Landscape Science

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Biography/ Background

Sofanit is a PhD candidate in the spatial information Group, Landscape Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide. Her PhD research is with the upholding title :

"Digital soil mapping for sustainable agricultural productivity"

The understanding of spatial and temporal yield variability is the key for better management of agricultural fields. The crop yield in arid and semi arid environment is highly dependent on the water availability. Vegetation condition is a good indicator of the soil and its interaction with the environmental factors such as rainfall. Time series analysis of MODIS imagery has been widely used for various agricultural related studies such as crop identification and yield estimation. However it hasn't been widely used for the understanding of the soil conditions underneath.

Her project aims to study the soil condition (Water Holding Capacity) in terms of agricultural productivity using time series spatial information.

Qualifications

BSc. Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

MSc. Geoinformatics, ITC, Univeristy of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Teaching Interests

Spatial information, GIS and remote sensing for environmental management

Professional Associations

Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), Australia

Entry last updated: Thursday, 5 Jul 2012

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