A landcover change study of takyr surfaces in Turkmenistan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 842-850

  Maman, S ^a   Orlovsky, L ^a   Blumberg, D G ^a   Berliner, P ^a   Mamedov, B ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ministry of Nature Protection   (Turkmenistan)

Author keywords

Degradation; Remote sensing,; Solonchak; Takyr; Water resources

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARID REGION; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE; GPS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; QUICKBIRD; RELIEF; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 79958131491     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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