Remote sensing and GIS application in the detection of environmental degradation indicators

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-47

  Hadeel, A S ^a   Jabbar, Mushtak T ^a,b   Chen, Xiaoling ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^c JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

classification; environment degradation; GIS; indices; LULC; RS

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DETERIORATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

INDICES; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LULC; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DETECTION METHOD; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH WORK; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER;

BASRA; IRAQ;

EID: 79551654746     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11806-011-0441-z     Document Type: Article

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