Modeling desertification change in Minqin County, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 169-188

  Sun, Danfeng ^a   Dawson, Richard ^a   Li, Hong ^b   Li, Baoguo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Desertification monitoring; Landscape pattern analysis; Muti temporal remote sensing; Oasis

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DEGRADATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EROSION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING;

DESERTIFICATION MONITORING; LANDSCAPE PATTERN ANALYSIS; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; OASIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINIZATION; WIND EROSION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; LANDSCAPE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SALINITY; WIND EROSION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SALTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; MINQIN; WORLD;

EID: 25844515539     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-4221-9     Document Type: Article

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