Category Archives: GIS / remote sensing

Developing agriculture from the sky (IFAD)

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Read at : http://ifad-un.blogspot.be/2013/03/developing-agriculture-from-sky.html Developing agriculture from the sky By Kelsea Brennan-Wessels, Editor, Earth Obervation, ESRIN From 800 km high, Earth-observing satellites are assisting international developmentorganisations with their work in developing countries. Satellites enable objective observations of the status of … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, GIS / remote sensing, Technologies

A spatial desertification indicator (Google / The Rangeland Journal)

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Read at : Google Alerts – desertification http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/202/paper/RJ12021.htm A spatial desertification indicator for Mediterranean arid rangelands: a case study in Algeria by Slim Saïdi  and Gustave Gintzburger Abstract Sheep and goat production is the main and sometimes only agricultural activity … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing, indicators

Remote sensing and GIS and desertification (Sciences Indexed Since 1998)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Read at : http://scienceindex.com/stories/835562/Application_of_remote_sensing_and_GIS_in_the_study_of_environmental_sensitivity_to_desertification_a_case_study_in_Basrah_Province_southern_part_of_Iraq.html Application of remote sensing and GIS in the study of environmental sensitivity to desertification: a case study in Basrah Province, southern part of Iraq submitted by KolJax This research utilizes the integrated remote sensing and geographic … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing

Remote Sensing Data Aid and Desertification (Google / SCOOP)

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.scoop.it/t/remote-sensing-news/p/2228070937/remote-sensing-data-aid-in-monitoring-global-desertification-satellite-image-news Remote Sensing Data Aid in Monitoring Global Desertification | Satellite Image News Remote sensing earth observation (EO) satellites provide significant contributions to desertification assessment and monitoring, particularly by providing the spatial information … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing

Identifying desertification zones using optical remote sensing in Colombia (UN-SPIDER)

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

Read at : http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/5897/2012-07-26t160200/regional-support-offices-igac-conducts-desertification Regional Support Offices: IGAC conducts desertification analyses The Colombian Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute – IGAC and their Center of Research and Development of Geographic Information – CIAF, recently did a series of projects based on risk … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing

Earth’s Changing Face (Science Daily)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120420092020.htm NASA Image Gallery Highlights Earth’s Changing Face ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2012) — In celebration of this year’s Earth Day on April 22, NASA’s Webby Award-winning Global Climate Change website, http://climate.nasa.gov , has unveiled a new version … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate / climate change, Desertification, GIS / remote sensing

Aeolian Desertification Trends (Google / Career Inst. China)

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://english.careeri.cas.cn/rh/rp/201204/t20120405_83532.html Remote Sensing Analysis on Aeolian Desertification Trends in Northern China during 1975-2010 The data of aeolian desertification lands status in different periods have been extracted through visual interpretation method based on Landsat … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing

Desertification : shrinking Lake Chad (Google / Earth Snapshot)

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.eosnap.com/lakes/desertification-by-shrinking-lake-chad/ Desertification by Shrinking Lake Chad Lake Chad is located in the Sahel, a vast savanna bordered by the rain forests of the west coast of Africa on one side and the Sahara … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, GIS / remote sensing, satellites

To generate high-resolution groundwater potential maps by remote-sensing (Google / Landsat)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – images of the Africa Drought http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/soc_0032.html Combating drought in the Horn of Africa Source: UNESCO Natural Sciences Sector UNESCO began mapping groundwater this January in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, in order to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in aquifers, drought, GIS / remote sensing

Sahara’s End (Google / RedOrbit)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112463956/earth-from-space-saharas-end/ Earth From Space: Sahara’s End Image Caption: This Envisat image, acquired on 5 December 2011 by the MERIS instrument, shows part of central Morocco from the Atlantic Ocean to the west, over … Continue reading →

Posted in desert/desert gardening, GIS / remote sensing