Fuzzy model-based assessment and monitoring of desertification using MODIS satellite imagery

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 745-760

  Lin, Meng Lung ^a   Chen, Cheng Wu ^b   Wang, Qiu Bing ^c   Cao, Yu ^d   Shih, Jyh Yi ^a   Lee, Yung Tan ^a   Chen, Chen Yuan ^e   Wang, Shin ^f  

^a ALETHEIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e YUNG TA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Condition monitoring; Deserts; Fuzzy logic; Mongolia; Space technology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CHINA; DESERT AREA; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EAST ASIA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FUZZY MODELS; INNER MONGOLIA; MONGOLIA; MULTI-TEMPORAL; NATURAL CONSERVATION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; PLANNING PROCESS; PROTECTED AREAS; REGIONAL LEVELS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SIMULATION RESULT; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; SPATIAL DATA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WESTERN CHINA;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 74249091637     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644400910985152     Document Type: Article

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