Analysis of the changes of vegetation coverage of western Beijing mountainous areas using remote sensing and GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 339-349

  Liu, Liangyun ^a,b   Jing, Xia ^a   Wang, Jihua ^a   Zhao, Chunjiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE   (China)

^b CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

Coverage; DEM; Ecological restoration; Remotesensing; Vegetation degradation

Indexed keywords

BEIJING , CHINAS; COMBINED EFFECTS; COVERAGE; DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; ECOLOGICAL CONSTRUCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL QUALITIES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ECONOMIC DATUM; HIGH ALTITUDES; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; LANDSATS; LOW ALTITUDES; MINING ACTIVITIES; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; NATURAL PROCESS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDICES; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; STEEP SLOPES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CHANGES; VEGETATION CHANGES; VEGETATION COVERAGES; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; VEGETATION RESTORATIONS;

DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MINING; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GIS; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COAL MINING; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67349154931     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0360-0     Document Type: Article

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