Quantitative mapping of global land degradation using earth observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6823-6853

  de Jong, Rogier ^a,b   de Bruin, Sytze ^a   Schaepman, Michael ^a,c   Dent, David ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; OBSERVATORIES;

EARTH OBSERVATIONS; LAND DEGRADATION; LINEAR TRENDS; MODEL INTEGRATION; PROCESS MODELLING; QUANTITATIVE MAPPING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EOS; LAND DEGRADATION; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 82055181238     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.512946     Document Type: Article

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