Abstract
The application of a remote sensing technique enabled vegetation abundance and dynamics to be studied in an area with a steep climatological gradient, ranging between Mediterranean and arid ecosystems. The methodological differences between field surveys and remote sensing are analysed and compared with regard to the type of information derived from them, and their relative accuracy and advantages. Four vegetation cover maps were then produced from the Landsat images of the 5 May 1991, 5 April 1992, 23 May 1992 and 10 July 1992. Using these images it was possible to study both the spatial variation of vegetation cover in this area, the seasonal changes which occurred between the winter and summer of 1992 and the changes between two corresponding seasons in 1991 and 1992, with extreme precipitation levels.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-21 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Arid Environments |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - May 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This project was financed by the Grant Scheme of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and the Forschungszentrum Fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit-GSF, Neuherberg, Germany. The assistance of Prof. Gitlson from The Desert Research Institute in Sede Boker in measuring the surface reflectance properties is very much appreciated.
Funding
This project was financed by the Grant Scheme of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and the Forschungszentrum Fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit-GSF, Neuherberg, Germany. The assistance of Prof. Gitlson from The Desert Research Institute in Sede Boker in measuring the surface reflectance properties is very much appreciated.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and the Forschungszentrum Fuer Umwelt und Gesundheit-GSF |
Keywords
- Judean Desert
- Judean Mountain
- Landsat imagery
- Mediterranean ecosystem
- arid ecosystem
- remote sensing
- vegetation cover