Monitoring and modeling semi-arid landscape response to climate change

Author

Yuhas, Roberta H. ; Goetz, Alexander F.H.

Author_Institution

Center for Study of Earth from Space, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug. 1994

Firstpage

1036

Abstract

The threat of global climate change has dramatically increased the attention directed towards understanding the environment and its naturally and anthropogenically-induced fluctuations. Semi-arid lands, especially those located in inner continental regions, may be some of the most sensitive to such change. By using remote sensing techniques to analyze the spectral characteristics of the landscape, and combining this with the spatial analytical capabilities of a Geographic Information System (GIS), the optimal parameters needed to detect the response of the landscape to climate change can be determined.

Keywords

geographic information systems; geomorphology; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; GIS; Geographic Information System; climate change; desert region; geomorphology; geophysical measurement technique; inner continental region; landscape; model; monitoring; optical imaging; remote sensing; semi-arid landscape response; spectra; spectral characteristics; terrain mapping; visible; Fluctuations; Geographic Information Systems; Global warming; Image processing; Information analysis; Instruments; Monitoring; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spectral analysis; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399336

Filename

399336