Environmental challenges and drought hazard assessment of Hamoun Desert Lake in Sistan region, Iran, based on the time series of satellite imagery

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-217

  Sharifikia, Mohammad ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drought hazard; Environmental challenge; Hamoun Lake; Remote sensing data

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAKE WATER; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

IRAN; SISTAN VA BALUCHESTAN;

AVES;

EID: 84870798012     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0353-8     Document Type: Article

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