Assessing land-cover change and degradation in the Central Asian deserts using satellite image processing and geostatistical methods

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2093-2105

  Karnieli, A ^a   Gilad, U ^a   Ponzet, M ^b   Svoray, T ^a   Mirzadinov, R ^c   Fedorina, O ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications Named After M Tynyshpayev   (Kazakhstan)

^d Kazakh State Scientific Production Center   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Brightness index; Grazing gradient; Kazakhstan; Kizalkum desert; Kriging; Land use land cover change; Landsat; Remote sensing; Semi variogram; Ust Urt Plateau

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DESERT; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAZING PRESSURE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYZYLKUM DESERT; USTYURT; WEST ASIA;

EID: 50049088094     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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