Methods of Conservation and Restoration of Vegetation Cover on the Aral Sea Coast

2001 ◽  
pp. 69-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliya A. Dimeyeva
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Aral Sea ◽  
Sea Coast

scholarly journals Assessment of Vegetation Cover Degradation Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques along Sudanese Red Sea Coast (Suakin to Ashad)

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Atiyat Abdalla Fadoul Nuri ◽  
Amna Ahmed Hamid ◽  
El Abbas Doka M. Ali ◽  
Eltegani Mohamed Salih
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Remote Sensing And Gis ◽  
Sparse Vegetation ◽  
Dense Vegetation ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Vegetation Species ◽  
Sea Coast

This study aimed to assess the vegetation cover degradation in the Sudanese Red Sea coast (from Suakin to Ashad) after the drought during the period from 2000 - 2011. Remote Sensing and GIS techniques were used beside field survey to conduct the study. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) terra 2000 -2001, 2005-2006 and 2010-2011 time-Series images mainly the 16 days Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) product and Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) images dated 2005 and 2010 were used. Unsupervised classification methods were used to detect vegetation cover of the study area. Based on field survey investigations, beside the data collected on the study area and image interpretation, it was evident that season 2005-2006 and season 2006-2010 are good seasons in the vegetation cover compared to season 2000-2001. Five land cover classes were detected; wet land, bare land and three classes of vegetation cover (dense vegetation, moderately dense vegetation and sparse vegetation cover). Spectral signatures of the three dominant land cover vegetation species were detected.  Areas of the three classes of vegetation cover area (dense vegetation, moderately dense vegetation and sparse vegetation cover) were calculated per km2. The study concluded that MODIS could be used as a cost effective tool in assessing land cover changes and monitoring vegetation cover degradation.As well, it could also be used to detect fairly the different vegetation species in arid and semiarid regions.

Future of the Aral Sea and the Aral Sea Coast

2009 ◽  
pp. 377-380
Author(s):  
V. A. Dukhovny ◽  
A. I. Tuchin ◽  
A. G. Sorokin ◽  
I. Ruziev ◽  
G. V. Stulina
Keyword(s):  
Aral Sea ◽  
Sea Coast

scholarly journals Examining long-term natural vegetation dynamics in the Aral Sea Basin applying the linear spectral mixture model

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e10747
Author(s):  
Yiting Su ◽  
Dongchuan Wang ◽  
Shuang Zhao ◽  
Jiancong Shi ◽  
Yanqing Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixture Model ◽  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Aral Sea ◽  
Vegetation Coverage ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Aral Sea Basin ◽  
Spectral Mixture

Background Associated with the significant decrease in water resources, natural vegetation degradation has also led to many widespread environmental problems in the Aral Sea Basin. However, few studies have examined long-term vegetation dynamics in the Aral Sea Basin or distinguished between natural vegetation and cultivated land when calculating the fractional vegetation cover. Methods Based on the multi-temporal Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, this study examined the natural vegetation coverage by introducing the Linear Spectral Mixture Model to the Google Earth Engine platform, which greatly reduces the experimental time. Further, trend line analysis, Sen trend analysis, and Mann–Kendall trend test methods were employed to explore the characteristics of natural vegetation cover change in the Aral Sea Basin from 2000 to 2018. Results Analyses of the results suggest three major conclusions. First, the development of irrigated agriculture in the desert area is the main reason for the decrease in downstream water. Second, with the reduction of water, the natural vegetation coverage in the Aral Sea Basin showed an upward trend of 17.77% from 2000 to 2018. Finally, the main driving factor of vegetation cover changes in the Aral Sea Basin is the migration of cultivated land to the desert.

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