Using remote sensing technology to detect, model and map desertification: A review

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 791-797

  Albalawi, Eman K ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desertification; Drought; Erosion; GIS; Land cover; Land use; Remote sensing; Soil degradation; Urbanization; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WIND EROSION;

EID: 84880319684     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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