
Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences (SREES), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Large-scale management, protection, and restoration of wetlands require knowledge their hydrology, i.e., the status dynamics groundwater table, which determine evolution wetland ecosystem, its conservation value, possible economic use. Unfortunately, in many cases, hydrological monitoring data are unavailable, resulting search for a proxy average annual depth level (GWL). This study presents an approach to estimating mean GWL peatlands using Bayesian belief network (BBN) model, leveraging long-term remote sensing Biebrza National Park Poland. The employed includes synthetic aperture radar (SAR) backscatter coefficient, peat subsidence, rate distance watercourses. BBN model achieved predictive accuracy 83.3% 73.1%, depending on validation used. Among variables considered, SAR coefficient was most sensitive predicting peatlands. However, multiple uncertainties from limitations available data, low variability class combinations conditional probability lack upscaling other regions performed. Despite these uncertainties, developed remains valuable next step reaching goal efficient peatland management.
Language: Английский