Determination of main climate and ground factors controlling vegetation cover regrowth along oil and gas pipelines using multiple, spatial and geographically weighted regression procedures

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2047-2062

  Bayramov, Emil ^a   Buchroithner, Manfred F ^b   McGurty, Eileen ^c  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographically weighted regression; NDVI; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL MAXIMA; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CAUCASUS; CLIMATE FACTORS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DIRECT CONTROL; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NDVI; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION MODEL; REGRESSION RESIDUALS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RIGHT OF WAY; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SLOPE FACES; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL COVERAGE; SPATIAL ERRORS; SPATIAL REGRESSION; SPATIAL REGRESSION MODEL; STRONG CORRELATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERRORS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SUN; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAS PIPELINE; GRASSLAND; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NDVI; OIL PIPELINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; REVEGETATION; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL DEPTH; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPSOIL; VARIOGRAM; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEPTH;

ADANA [TURKEY]; AZERBAIJAN; BAKU; CAUCASUS; CEYHAN; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); TBILISI; TURKEY;

EID: 84864079106     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1429-6     Document Type: Article

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