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Monitoring desertification by remote sensing using the Tasselled Cap transform for long-term change detection

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  • Anna Zanchetta

    (Università di Bologna)

  • Gabriele Bitelli

    (Università di Bologna)

  • Arnon Karnieli

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Abstract

Sensitive areas like oases are threatened by climatic variations and human activities that can catalyze desertification processes. Remote sensing the Earth surface from satellites is a good tool to monitor such types of change through several techniques. In this paper a remote sensing method that has been widely used for vegetated areas is adapted to study dry regions. The method consists of a combination of the Change Vector Analysis and the Tasselled Cap (TC) transform. To adapt it to dryland conditions a new set of parameters for the TC transform is hereby calculated for the Landsat 8 OLI system. The new TC parameters are tested in the analysis of the surface change in Azraq Oasis, Jordan, over a time span of 30 years (1984–2013) for Landsat satellites images. Azraq is considered a good testing site since in the early 1990s it has been subject to a complete drying up of the superficial springs, mainly due to over-exploitation of the groundwater basin. Results show that the chosen technique is able to detect the expected change on the surface, consistent with photo-interpretation and historical information available.

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  • Anna Zanchetta & Gabriele Bitelli & Arnon Karnieli, 2016. "Monitoring desertification by remote sensing using the Tasselled Cap transform for long-term change detection," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 83(1), pages 223-237, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:83:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1007_s11069-016-2342-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2342-9
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