Drought monitoring in the Southeastern Mediteranean Basin usingsatellite data
Rahman, A.; Ahmed, M.H.; Essa, M.M.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS apos;01. IEEE 2001 International
Volume 6, Issue , 2001 Page(s):2489 - 2491 vol.6
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978066
Summary:Multi resolution satellite data has been applied to monitor
changes in vegetation cover, as an indicator for drought occurrence, in
the northeastern region of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, (Southeastern
Mediterranean Basin). NOAA-AVHRR Pathfinder data of 8.0 km ground
resolution collected in the period between 1981 and 1994, have been used
to study changes in land cover at regional level. A pilot area in the
North Sinai Peninsula has been selected for detailed studies using
NOAA-AVHRR 1.1 km ground resolution, SPOT-4 vegetation, Landsat-5 TM,
Landsat-7 ETM, SPOT-Panchromatic and IRS satellite data. Interpretation
of remote sensing data investigation using a series of NOAA-AVHRR, field
measurements and meteorological information were the tools used to
predict drought. This study is a part of the investigation carried out
by the Egyptian team in the frame of WATERMED project sponsored by the
European Commission (2000-2003), and carried out jointly by research
teams from Spain, France, Denmark and Morocco
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