Satellite Monitoring of Land and Vegetation around Salalah City, Oman

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10.2991/eers-15.2015.24How to use a DOI?

Keywords

remote sensing; band ratioing; urban vegetation; urban sustainability; Salahah

Abstract

The present study illustrates a method for monitoring the urban vegetation around Salalah city, in Dohfar region ,Southern of Oman. Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in urban areas has become increasingly important as the number and proportion of urban residents continues to increase. The synoptic view of urban land cover provided by satellite and airborne sensors is an important complement to in situ measurements of physical, environmental and socioeconomic variables in urban settings. The results obtained have revealed a notable change in the vegetation cover in and around the City premises. In this study, we discussed methodology for measurement of urban vegetation and vegetation distributions based on band ratioing in Salalah city using Land sat TM imageries. A systematic analysis of the spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation in urban areas is required to ensure a healthy sustainable environment.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - ELnazir Ramadan
AU  - Abdelrahim Salih
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - Satellite Monitoring of Land and Vegetation around Salalah City, Oman
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Remote Sensing
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 98
EP  - 100
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/eers-15.2015.24
DO  - 10.2991/eers-15.2015.24
ID  - Ramadan2015/09
ER  -