Change detection of sandy land areas in Minfeng oasis of Xinjiang, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Nasierding, Nasiman ^a   Zhang, Yuanzhi ^b  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Change detection; Land cover; Land desertification; Oasis; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; LAND COVER; LAND DESERTIFICATION; OASIS; XINJIANG;

CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

LANDFORMS;

DESERTIFICATION; DETECTION METHOD; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND TYPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OASIS; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 62149103998     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0260-3     Document Type: Article

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