Use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to Assess Land Degradation at Multiple Scales : Current Status, Future Trends, and Practical Considerations /
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Colección: | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The potential for assessment of land degradation by remote sensing
- Applications of NDVI for land degradation assessment
- Limits to the use of NDVI in land degradation assessment
- Key issues in the use of NDVI for land degradation assessment
- Development of land degradation assessments
- Experts’ opinions on the use of NDVI for land degradation assessment
- Main global NDVI datasets and databases, and software
- Country-level use of satellite products to detect and map land degradation processes
- Challenges to the use of NDVI in land degradation assessments
- Recommendations for future application of NDVI
- Conclusion
- Appendices.