Land desertification monitoring and assessment in Yulin of Northwest China using remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 327-337

  Zhang, Yuanzhi ^a   Chen, Zhengyi ^b   Zhu, Boqin ^b   Luo, Xiuyue ^b   Guan, Yanning ^b   Guo, Shan ^b   Nie, Yueping ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; GIS; Land desertification; Monitoring; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MAPS; MONITORING; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION;

AERIAL PHOTOS; ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FARM-LANDS; FIELD WORKS; GIS; LAND COVERS; LAND DESERTIFICATION; LAND DESERTIFICATIONS; LANDSAT TM DATUMS; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; NORTHWEST CHINAS; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; REMOTELY SENSED DATUMS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY; GIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSULATION; LAND; MAPS; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; YULIN;

POACEAE;

EID: 56249127163     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0124-2     Document Type: Article

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