Desertification-A global monitoring approach
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Summary, in English
The study so far was carried out within the frames of the Integrated Project DeSurvey (A Surveillance System for Assessing and Monitoring Desertification; 2005-2010), FP6. The study is still in progress.
The areas under study include the Mediterranean basin with Southern Europe and Northern Africa, the Sahel (East and West Sahel), major parts of Southern Africa, China and the drylands of South America, i.e. important parts of the reported desertification prone areas of the world.
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Physical Geography
Keywords
- Land degradation
- Global change
- Desertification
- NOAA AVHRR NDVI
- Remote sensing
Conference name
Wengen Workshop on Global Change Research: Edition 2007; Climate Change and Desertification: Monitoring, Modelling and Forecasting
Conference date
2007-09-10 - 2007-09-13
Conference place
otel Regina, Wengen, Switzerland
Status
Submitted
Project
- FP6, DeSurvey IP 2005-2010, A Surveillance System for Assessing and Monitoring Desertification
Research group
- EU FP6 DeSurvey WP 1.5.1: RS & Geomatics-Land condition assessment, Regional trends
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