Remote Sensing Data Aid in Monitoring Global Desertification

<h1>Remote Sensing Data Aid in Monitoring Global Desertification</h1>Author: <a title="Monique Romeijn" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/monique-romeijn/266644.htm">Monique Romeijn</a> Desertification, land degradation and drought deprive people of food and water and force millions to leave their homes. Desertification refers to the creation of new deserts through the degradation of drylands, which cover 40% of the world’s land surface. Land degradation, caused by over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation and inefficient irrigation, affects roughly 20% of Earth’s drylands. To view original article with images visit here <a target="_blank" href="http://news.satimagingcorp.com/2009/11/remote_sensing_data_aid_in_monitoring_desertification.html">http://news.satimagingcorp.com/2009/11/remote_sensing_data_aid_in_monitoring_desertification.html</a> Satellite imaging technology has been  recognized as playing an important role in achieving this objective by using these methods for monitoring the areas most at risk to support land and water management decisions. Earth observation (EO) satellite technologies allow land degradation processes to be monitored over time. Monitoring desertification, land degradation and droughts requires continuous evaluation, some of which can be retrieved with earth observation technologies and state-of-the-art geo-spatial <a href="http://www.satimagingcorp.com/services.html">applications</a>. High-spectral resolution <a href="http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery.html">satellite imagery</a> can dramatically increase the accuracy of dryland monitoring. Hyperspectral imagery incorporated with field and laboratory data for analysis can be used to derive more quantitative and specific soil properties directly linked to soil degradation status, such as soil chemical properties, organic matter, mineralogical content, infiltration capacity, aggregation capacity, and runoff coefficient. Combining satellite image data with weather data, numeric models and geographical information systems (<a href="http://www.satimagingcorp.com/svc/gismapping.html">GIS</a>) are used to create standardized geo-information products. Satellite Image data is expected to contribute to a wide array of global change-related application areas for vegetation and ecosystem dynamics, hazard monitoring, geology and soil analysis, land surface climatology, hydrology, land cover change, and the generation of orthorectified digital elevation models (DEMs). Satellite imagery analysis allows for: <ul> <li>Fast and accurate overview</li> <li>Quantitative green vegetation assessment</li> <li>Underlying soil characteristics</li> </ul> Satellite remote sensing is an evolving technology with the potential for contributing to studies for land cover and change detection by making globally comprehensive evaluations of many environmental and human actions possible. These changes, in turn, influence management and policy decision making. Satellite image data enables direct observation of the land surface at repetitive intervals and therefore allow mapping of the extent and monitoring and assessment of: <ul> <li>Crop health</li> <li>Storm Water Runoff</li> <li>Change detection</li> <li>Air Quality</li> <li>Environmental analysis</li> <li>Energy Savings</li> <li>Irrigated landscape mapping</li> <li>Carbon Storage and Avoidance</li> <li>Yield determination</li> <li>Soils and Fertility Analysis</li> <li>Identification</li> </ul>About the Author: MR DesignNet
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Desertification, land degradation and drought deprive people of food and water and force millions to leave their homes. Desertification refers to the creation of new deserts through the degradation of drylands, which cover 40% of the world’s land surface. Land degradation, caused by over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation and inefficient irrigation, affects roughly 20% of Earth’s drylands.

To view original article with images visit here http://news.satimagingcorp.com/2009/11/remote_sensing_data_aid_in_monitoring_desertification.html

Satellite imaging technology has been recognized as playing an important role in achieving this objective by using these methods for monitoring the areas most at risk to support land and water management decisions.

Earth observation (EO) satellite technologies allow land degradation processes to be monitored over time. Monitoring desertification, land degradation and droughts requires continuous evaluation, some of which can be retrieved with earth observation technologies and state-of-the-art geo-spatial applications.

High-spectral resolution satellite imagery can dramatically increase the accuracy of dryland monitoring. Hyperspectral imagery incorporated with field and laboratory data for analysis can be used to derive more quantitative and specific soil properties directly linked to soil degradation status, such as soil chemical properties, organic matter, mineralogical content, infiltration capacity, aggregation capacity, and runoff coefficient.

Combining satellite image data with weather data, numeric models and geographical information systems (GIS) are used to create standardized geo-information products.

Satellite Image data is expected to contribute to a wide array of global change-related application areas for vegetation and ecosystem dynamics, hazard monitoring, geology and soil analysis, land surface climatology, hydrology, land cover change, and the generation of orthorectified digital elevation models (DEMs).

Satellite imagery analysis allows for:

Fast and accurate overview
Quantitative green vegetation assessment
Underlying soil characteristics

Satellite remote sensing is an evolving technology with the potential for contributing to studies for land cover and change detection by making globally comprehensive evaluations of many environmental and human actions possible. These changes, in turn, influence management and policy decision making. Satellite image data enables direct observation of the land surface at repetitive intervals and therefore allow mapping of the extent and monitoring and assessment of:

Crop health
Storm Water Runoff
Change detection
Air Quality
Environmental analysis
Energy Savings
Irrigated landscape mapping
Carbon Storage and Avoidance
Yield determination
Soils and Fertility Analysis
Identification

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