Dakhla Oasis is the most highly populated oasis in Egypt. Although the groundwater resource is very large, there is essentially no rainfall and the aquifer from which the water is drawn is not recharged. Therefore, for the future development and s...
International Journal of Remote Sensing 33(21) 6838-6853 2012年6月
In Asia, sand dust storm (SDS) occurs nearly every year, especially in northern China. However, there is less research about the relationship between SDS and greenhouse gases (GHGs). In this paper, we select 4 times of SDS that occurred in the spr...
This study uses a multiple linear regression method to composite standard Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series (1982-2009) consisting of three kinds of satellite NDVI data (AVHRR, SPOT, and MODIS). This dataset was combined wi...
X. Wang   N. Matsuoka   H. Tani   R. Kimura   T. Kobayashi   Y. Guirui   H. He   S. Matsumura   
Proceedings, 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: Sustainable Development Through Global Earth Observations 2007年12月
The area that was studies and analyzed is in Yulin Prefecture, Shanxi Province of China, located in the transitional morphology from the Maowusu Sandland to the Ocher Plateau. It is half the size of the Maowusu Sandland: 570,000 ha. This study use...
R Kimura   J Fan   XC Zhang   N Takayama   M Kamichika   N Matsuoka   
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 29(1) 45-53 2006年1月
Severe desertification on the Loess Plateau of China since the 17th century as a result of improper land use has caused critical soil erosion and water shortages in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. To prevent further soil erosion, it is very...