Land degradation monitoring using multi-temporal Landsat TM/ETM data in a transition zone between grassland and cropland of northeast China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2055-2073

  Chen, Shengbo ^a,b   Rao, Ping ^a,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c College of Bijie ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODEGRADATION; DECISION TREES; LAND USE; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CROPLAND; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL SALINIZATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 41549131758     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701355280     Document Type: Article

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