An integrated approach for spatio-temporal variability analysis of wetlands: A case study of Abaya and Chamo lakes, Ethiopia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 180, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 313-324

  Tibebu Kassawmar, N ^a   Ram Mohan Rao, K ^b   Lemlem Abraha, G ^c  

^a AMBO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Lake morphometric change; Spatial and temporal variability; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CHANGE DETECTION; ECOLOGICAL SITUATION; ETHIOPIA; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAKE-MORPHOMETRIC CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT TM; PROPERTY ESTIMATION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VOLUME VARIATION; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS; WATER INFLOWS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

WETLANDS;

CULTIVATION; DENUDATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAKE WATER; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORPHOMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAKE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MORPHOMETRICS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPACECRAFT; WATER CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; ETHIOPIA; LAKE ABAYA; LAKE CHAMO;

EID: 79961166411     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1790-z     Document Type: Article

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