Very high resolution (VHR) satellite remote sensing systems are now capable of providing imagery with similar spatial detail to aerial photography, but with superior spectral information. This research investigates the hypothesis that it should be possible to use multispectral IKONOS images to quantify urban vegetation, obtaining similar accuracy to that achieved from false colour aerial photog...

Abstract. Vegetation is an important component in global ecosystems, affecting the physical, hydrological and biogeochemical properties of land surface. Accordingly, way vegetation parameterized strongly influences predictions future climate by Earth system models. To capture spatial temporal changes cover its feedbacks to system, dynamic models (DGVMs) are included as components surface Variat...

In arid and semi-arid environments like the rest parts of South Africa, the state of vegetation density in catchments is an important indicator of the state of the environment. Climate variability coupled with different anthropogenic activities could affect vegetation cover at varying levels. The Upper Molopo River Catchment (UMRC) in the North West Province of South Africa is under this combin...

The turbidity of lakes is generally considered to be a smooth function of their nutrient status. However, recent results suggest that over a range of nutrient concentrations, shallow l&es can have two alternative equilibria: a clear state dominated by nquatic vegetation, and a turbid state characterized by high algal biomass. This bi-stability has important implications for the possibilities of...

Long-term remote sensing normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) datasets have been widely used in monitoring vegetation changes. In this study, the NASA Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) NDVI3g dataset was used as the data source, and the dimidiate pixel model, intensity analysis, and residual analysis were used to analyze the changes of vegetation coverage in Inner M...

Changes in biodiversity owing to vegetation degradation resulting from widespread urbanization demands serious attention. However, the connection between vegetation degradation and urbanization appears to be complex and nonlinear, and deserves a series of long-term observations. On the basis of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the image’s digital number (DN) in nighttime st...

Identification and mapping of natural vegetation are major issues for biodiversity management and conservation. Remotely sensed data with very high spatial resolution are currently used to study vegetation, but most satellite sensors are limited to four spectral bands, which is insufficient to identify some natural vegetation formations. The study objectives are to discriminate natural vegetati...

Recently, it is required to investigate the distribution of vegetation-covered areas on a regional scale for not only the improvement of urban environment but also the conservation of ecosystem. The spatial continuity of vegetation-covered areas like a green corridor plays an important role for the preservation of ecological balance especially. For the analysis of the spatial distribution of ve...

Land cover classification with a high accuracy is necessary, especially in waste dump area, accurate land cover information is very important to eco-environment research, vegetation condition study and soil recovery destination. Funded by the international cooperation project Novel Indicator Technologies for Minesite Rehabilitation and sustainable development, a hierarchical object oriented lan...