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Delineating natural resources of Iran by focusing on desert and semi-desert areas using indices and criteria that can be extracted from satellite images

Neamat Karimi

Volume 28, Issue 4 , November 2021, , Pages 652-671

Abstract
  The main objective of the present study is to delineate all-natural resources of Iran with the priority of desert and semi-desert areas using indicators and criteria extracted from remote sensing data and new satellite image classification techniques. Accordingly, desert, semi-desert, and salinity areas ...  Read More

Monitoring the movement of windy sand dunes of Rige Yalan in the Loot desert using SAR satellite images

Neamat Karimi

Volume 28, Issue 2 , June 2021, , Pages 341-356

Abstract
  One of the most important features of the desert areas of Iran is the existence of windy sand dunes, which their dynamics and movement over time have distinguished them from many other geomorphological phenomena. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the displacement of sand dunes in ...  Read More

پایش پوشش گیاهی با استفاده از تصاویر ماهواره‌ای در مراتع دماوند

behnoosh karimi mofarah; mansureh ghavam; abdolnabi Abdeh Kolahchi

Volume 28, Issue 1 , April 2021, , Pages 151-163

Abstract
     Monitoring the changes in the rangelands makes it possible to make informed decisions about the application of management and protection plans. The purpose of this research is to monitor the changes from rangelands in the five-year period from 2000 to 2015 using geographic information systems ...  Read More

The survey of desertification potential in Damghan plain by using meteorological data and land use variations

Maryam Mirdailamy; Mohammad Rahimi; Shima Nikoo; Ali Akbar Damavandi

Volume 27, Issue 1 , April 2020, , Pages 58-74

Abstract
  In the past four decades, land use changes in Iran, have become more frequent as a human desertification factor, which has led to an intensification of land degradation in all types of land uses. In this research, due to the wide range of these changes, we used remote sensing technology to assess land ...  Read More

Assessment of drought dynamics in Sistan and Baluchestan province using MODIS satellite data (2000-2015)

Mohammad Sadegh Kahkhakohan; Abolfazl Rajbar Fordoie; Seyed Hojat Mousavi; Abbasali vali

Volume 26, Issue 3 , September 2019, , Pages 754-771

Abstract
  Drought and its effects is one of the world's major concerns. As one of the countries in the dry belt of the earth, Iran has always been and is facing environmental issues and natural hazards caused by drought. Therefore, this study aimed to monitor the aridity in Sistan and Baluchestan using remote ...  Read More

Estimating of Soil surface moisture distribution in Arid and semi-arid region using Remote Sensing

Abolghasem Dadrasi Sabzevar; Alimohammad Akhondali; Fereydon Radmanesh; Aliakbar Norouzi

Volume 24, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 370-382

Abstract
  The purpose of this paper was to make the preparation of soil surface moisture map applied in arid and semi-arid regions using satellite imagery of OLI and TIRS along with the calculated values for spectral reflectance, principal component analysis and Tasseled Cap transformation.Twenty-four predictor ...  Read More

Estimating and mapping Sabalan rangelands aboveground phytomass using Landsat 8 images

ardavan ghorbani; ardashir pournemati; mohsen panahande

Volume 24, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 165-180

Abstract
  The aim of this study was to estimate and map the plant group and total aboveground phytomass using Landsat 8 images in the rangelands of Sabalan Mountain. Images were selected on the 19th of July 2013 and field data were collected in April and July based on maximum matching with the phenology of the ...  Read More

The assessment of relationship between MODIS vegetation indices and drought on northern rangelands of Golestan province

Sina Sarabi; Ali Heshmatpour; Choghi Bayram Komaki; Abolfazl Tahmasebi

Volume 22, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 392-405

Abstract
  Analysis of drought and factors affecting it using remote sensing data has a high potential to improve scientific knowledge about the properties of drought and the effects of this phenomenon on vegetation. The present study was aimed to investigate the relationship between satellite indices and the SPI ...  Read More

Land cover change prediction in Sabzkouh protected area using CA-Markov modeling

Zahra Abolalizadeh; Ataollah Ebrahimi

Volume 22, Issue 1 , June 2015, , Pages 21-30

Abstract
  Sabzkouh protected area is located in central Zagros. This area, with a variety of natural ecosystems and landscapes, is very rich from the point of diversity of climate, topography, habitats and wildlife. Its ecosystems, like other semi-arid ecosystems of Iran, have undergone changes in their structure ...  Read More

Monitoring land use and land cover changes in Semirom region based on spatial development and population variation using satellite data

Fateme Hadian; reza jafari; hosein bashari

Volume 22, Issue 4 , March 2015, , Pages 730-744

Abstract
  Urbanization has been a major factor of natural resource degradation in the Semirom region of Isfahan province. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of urban development through land cover/ land use changes over a 37-year period using Landsat 1976 MSS and 2013 TM images and population data. First, ...  Read More

Application of digital data in mapping vegetation changes in desert area of West Karkheh

Akbar Fakhireh; Ahmad Pahlevanravi; Mahmoud Najafi zilaee; Mohsen Moradzadeh; Soheila Nouri

Volume 19, Issue 3 , December 2012, , Pages 457-468

Abstract
  Detailed studies of vegetation in desert areas are almost difficult due to the limitations and conditions of these areas. Remote sensing technology with numerous capabilities can be used as an efficient method in these areas. This study was aimed to determine an appropriate vegetation index to assess ...  Read More

Efficiency of vegetation and thermal indices of NOAA-AVHRR satellite in ecological drought analysis of Kashan region

Ali akbar Shamsi pur; Kazem Alavi panah; Hossein Mohammadi

Volume 17, Issue 3 , October 2010, , Pages 445-465

Abstract
  The purpose of this study is to track and analyze the environmental effects of droughts by remote sensing indices in Kashan desert and dry zone. Temporal changes of droughts was evaluated using normal Z index in annual and seaonal (spring) scales. Spectral and thermal data from data series of NOAA-AVHRR ...  Read More

Study of trend of desertification trend in Qom province base on remote sensing with emphasis on Landuse changes and water quality and quantity resources

Mohammad mahdi Fatahi

Volume 16, Issue 2 , December 2009, , Pages 234-253

Abstract
  The major part of Qom province areas have involved arid and desert conditions. Immethodical expansion of human acts with no attention to environmental affairs, caused  intensifying desertification phenomena. In this paper, trend of desertification was studied with emphasis on land use changes and ...  Read More

Introduction of a method for sustainable land management based on IUCN criteria in Kusalan Rangelands of Kurdestan province

Nabi Ahsani; Jafar Oladi; Farhang Ghasriani; Mohammad Darvish

Volume 14, Issue 4 , February 2008, , Pages 539-558

Abstract
  Kusalan range is a northwest-southeast mountain near Sarvabad, west of Kurdistan. The habitat includes a complex set of ecological functions and unique mountainous values such as Quercus forests, dense ranges, as well as various springs inside and around the region. So far, there was no study on the ...  Read More

Ability of Landsat satellite images 5, 7 in determining Alkalinity of soil changes in Qhahavand plain (Hamedan province)

Mahdi Ahmadian; Mojtabah Pakparvar; Davood Ashourloo

Volume 14, Issue 4 , February 2008, , Pages 559-578

Abstract
  Remote sensing technology is useful tool for spatial and temporal monitoring of natural phenomenon. Secondary salinization is known as the main causes of soil degradation where inappropriately land management occurred in a region. Total saline and sodic soils in Hamedan province are estimated at 70,000 ...  Read More

The study of land use change on desertification using remote sensing in Ardakan area

Hamid reza Moradi; Mohammad reza Fazel puor; Hamid reza Sadeghi; Zeinalabedein Hoseini

Volume 15, Issue 1 , January 2008, , Pages 1-12

Abstract
  More than one-third of land in the world is located in the areas with arid and semiarid climate and desertification has increased in these areas during recent decades. Around 80% of Iran is located in arid and semiarid areas. Sand dunes as an indicator of desert land cover an area about 32 million hectare. ...  Read More

Study of soil salinity preparing methods by using landsat images in Marvast.

Kazem Dashtekian; Mojtabah Pakparvar; Jalal Abdollahi

Volume 15, Issue 2 , January 2008, , Pages 139-157

Abstract
  Managing and monitoring of salinity is one of the most important affair in agriculture, specially in arid and semi arid area. For this purpose we have to use new technology like remote sensing and GIS. Most of scientist use maximum likelihood algorithm for mapping soil salinity, but in this method field ...  Read More

Reliability of ETM+ and TM data for estimating vegetation cover of arid areas rangelands (case study Markazi province of Iran)

Hosein Arzani; Hasan Kaboli; Hamid reza Mirdavoodi; Mahdi Farahpoor

Volume 15, Issue 3 , January 2008, , Pages 320-347

Abstract
  Importance of permanent range assessment is advice, because of continuous change, ecological aspects and economy of rangelands. The wide area of rangelands and facilities limitation for regular monitoring cause the requirement of the remote sensing application. The objective of present study was investigation ...  Read More

Limitation of Landsat ETM+ employment for mapping of vegetation cover in drought conditions

Jalal Abdolahi; Mohammad hasan Rahimian; Mohammad hosein Savaqebi

Volume 14, Issue 3 , January 2007, , Pages 289-301

Abstract
  Today, various indices have been developed for monitoring of vegetation cover in different climatic condition, which cause variation in aspect and spectral reflectance. Therefore, an index can give different values in different conditions. In addition, sparse vegetation and soil background are the other ...  Read More

Assessment and Classification of Desertification Using RS & GIS Techniques (Case Study: the Arid Region, in the North of Isfahan)

Morteza Akbari; Hamid reza Karim zadeh; Reza Modares; Bahareh Chakoshi

Volume 14, Issue 2 , January 2007, , Pages 124-142

Abstract
  Desertification is the ecologic and biologic reduction which may occur naturally or non naturally. Desertification process usually effects arid and semi arid region and reduce the land efficiency very rapidly. This study has been conducted to evaluate and classify desertification with the aim of geographic ...  Read More

Determination of lands affected by desertificatin using near and remote sensing in Sabzevar desert area.

Abolghasem Dadrasi Sabzavari; Mojtaba Pakparvar

Volume 14, Issue 1 , January 2007, , Pages 33-52

Abstract
  Desertification is one of the most difficult issues which has been taken into consideration in the world. The  main objective of this study is determination of lands affected by desertification using remote sensing and geographic information systems, in Sabzevar. To meet the objective, Satellite ...  Read More