Abstract
Dryland cropping systems are particularly vulnerable to land degradation processes due to climate aridity and improper management practices. Spatially explicit information on land's state, which can be derived with remote sensing techniques, should become available to support land rehabilitation decisions. This study aimed at (i) mapping a land degradation trend in the irrigated cropland in Central Asia with a linear trend analysis of the time series of the MODIS images and (ii) comparing the captured trends, based on different vegetation indices. About one-third of the study area (171,563 ha) experienced the land degradation trend during the monitoring period of 2000-2010. The trend coefficients of three vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI, SAVI) were similar with the corresponding R2-values of 0.78 (NDVI & EVI) and 0.82 (NDVI & SAVI). The revealed changes were mainly associated with the abandoned lands, where bare soil patches prevailed.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 6589-6592 |
Number of pages | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2012 32nd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2012 - Munich, Germany Duration: 2012 Jul 22 → 2012 Jul 27 |
Other
Other | 2012 32nd IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2012 |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Munich |
Period | 12/7/22 → 12/7/27 |
Keywords
- EVI
- NDVI
- SAVI
- Trend analysis
- Uzbekistan
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences