Identifying Land Degradation and its Driving Factors in the Aral Sea Basin From 1982 to 2015

Identifying Land Degradation and its Driving Factors in the Aral Sea Basin From 1982 to 2015

Land degradation is one of the critical ecological issue in the Aral Sea Basin (ASB). This study investigates land degradation in ASB during 1982–2015 using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a proxy. The residual trend (RESTREND) for temperature, precipitation, soil moisture adjus...

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Main Authors: Timur Berdimbetov, Zhu-Guo Ma, Sherly Shelton, Sana Ilyas, Sahibjamal Nietullaeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
land degradation
NDVI
climate variables
land transition
Aral Sea basin
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2021.690000/full

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