Driving forces responsible for aeolian desertification in the source region of the Yangtze River from 1975 to 2005

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 257-263

  Hu, Guangyin ^a   Dong, Zhibao ^a   Lu, Junfeng ^a   Yan, Changzhen ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; Desertification monitoring; Qinghai Tibet plateau; Remote sensing; Source region of the Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

COLD ENVIRONMENT; DATA SOURCE; DESERTIFICATION; DESERTIFICATION MONITORING; DRIVING FORCES; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; GIS TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH ELEVATION; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SOURCE REGION; SUPPLEMENTARY DATA; THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; THEMATIC MAPS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION; WINDY CLIMATE; YANGTZE RIVER;

GLOBAL WARMING; MAPS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA SET; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84859734278     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1235-1     Document Type: Article

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