The influence of water conveyances on restoration of vegetation to the lower reaches of Tarim River

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 967-975

  Wu, Juan ^a   Tang, Deshan ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological water conveyance; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); Relative restoration degree; Tarim River

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ECOLOGICAL WATER CONVEYANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; RELATIVE RESTORATION DEGREE; TARIM RIVER;

RIVERS;

DATUM; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77955168879     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0090-9     Document Type: Article

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