VALUASI JUMLAH AIR DI EKOSISTEM LAHAN GAMBUT DENGAN DATA LANDSAT 8 OLI/TIRS

Abstract

The water content of peatland ecosystems stored as gasses in the air and as liquid in the peat soil and vegetation. The presence of water was influential to the value of spectral radians received by satellite sensors. Objective of study were develop empirical model to be applied in the Landsat 8 satellite imagery interpretation to estimate water content of peatland ecosystem. Method consisted of field measurements and satellite data interpretation. Field activities aimed to obtain weather parameters such as radiation, air temperature, surface temperature, evapotranspiration (ET), relative humidity (RH), soil water content (KAT), and biomass for each land cover in peatland ecosystems. Field measurements results were used to validate the parameters derived from Landsat 8 satellite data. Water content in the air was assessed by the ET and RH, in the soil was assessed by soil heat flux (G) and in the vegetation by biomass. The results of the validation of the data field measurement with Landsat 8 showed only ET (r2 = 0.71), RH (r2 = 0.71), and biomass (r2 = 0.87) had a strong relationship, while between G and KAT had weak relationship. Conclusion of this study indicated Landsat 8 satellite data could be used to calculate the water content in the air and vegetation. Thus, estimating water content in the peatland ecosystem with satellite data can only be done on the surface.