How to detect desert trees using corona images: Discovering historical ecological data

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 491-511

  Andersen, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acacia tortilis; Change analysis; corona KH 4a; Eastern Desert of Egypt; High resolution imagery; Tree detection

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 31544439350     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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