Propastin, P. A.P. A.PropastinKappas, M.M.KappasZdruli, P.Pagliai, M.Kapur, S.Faz Cano, A.2020-05-112020-05-112010https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/65078Landsat ETM+ data were related with field measurements of carbon stocks residing in the vegetation and in the soil along a 230 km west-east transect within Kazakhstan’s grassland zone. The biomass carbon was correlated to the mid-infrared corrected Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVIc). Soil carbon responded most strongly to the multi-spectral features of the Kauth-Thomas transformation (KT) and was modelled using the non-linear multiple regression. Retrieved models were applied to the Landsat ETM+ image and carbon stocks were mapped over Shetsky district of Karaganda province at the pixel-by-pixel scale. Total terrestrial carbon stocks estimated for the area of Shetsky district account to 97.2 million tons, whereas most part of it (97.6%) is residing in soil.enbook_chapter10.1007/978-90-481-8657-0_22