Features and trends of the environmental change in the arid areas in Central Asia

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Zhou, KeFa ^a,b   Zhang, Qing ^c   Chen, Xi ^a   Sun, Li ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Ecological environment; GIS; RS; Vegetation coverage

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGES;

DETERIORATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

ARID REGIONS;

ARID REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GIS; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; TAJIKISTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34447645835     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-5017-2     Document Type: Article

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