Title :
Monitoring desertification using EO technologies: Experience of the ESA DUE DesertWatch project
Author :
Paganini, M. ; Pace, G. ; Castracane, P. ; Del Barrio, G. ; Van Delden, H. ; Iannetta, M. ; Hill, J. ; Zucca, C. ; Fernandez-Prieto, D.
Author_Institution :
ESA-ESRIN, Eur. Space Agency, Frascati, Italy
Abstract :
The DesertWatch ESA DUE project, recently successfully completed, aimed at developing an integrated information system tailored on the specific user needs, built on the technological transfer of the most significant results of the related research projects. The resulting DesertWatch Information System, a user-friendly integrated Software remote sensing tool for monitoring desertification, have being installed and is now used in Italy, Turkey and Portugal.
Keywords :
geographic information systems; remote sensing; EO technologies; ESA DUE DesertWatch project; Earth Observation technologies; Italy; Portugal; Turkey; desertification monitoring; integrated information system; remote sensing; technological transfer; Degradation; Information systems; Object oriented modeling; Remote monitoring; Satellites; Software tools; Soil; Space technology; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417760
