Landsat images reveal trends in the aeolian desertification in a source area for sand and dust storms in china's alashan plateau (1975-2007)

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 422-429

  Wang, T ^a   Yan, C Z ^a   Song, X ^a   Li, S ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian desertification; Alashan Plateau; Landsat images; Sand and dust sources

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DESERTIFICATION; ALASHAN PLATEAU; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; DUST SOURCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LANDSAT IMAGES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

STORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; DUST STORM; EOLIAN PROCESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALASHAN DESERT; CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84885473020     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1138     Document Type: Article

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