Quantitative estimation of land cover structure in an arid region across the Israel-Egypt border using remote sensing data

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 336-352

  Qin, Z ^a,b   Li, W ^a   Burgheimer, J ^c   Karnieli, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biogenic crust; Landsat TM; Sand dune; SPOT; Surface temperature; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33646098652     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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