Spectral mixture analysis (SMA) and change vector analysis (CVA) methods for monitoring and mapping land degradation/desertification in arid and semiarid areas (Sudan), using Landsat imagery
The severe Sahel catastrophe in 1968–1974 as well as repeated famines and food shortage that have hit many African countries during the 1970s have highlighted the need for further research concerning land degradation and environmental monitoring in arid and semi-arid areas. Land degradation, and des...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-04-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982316301703 |