Climate Change and Human Response in the Semi Arid Near East

Start Date: 
01/01/1997
End Date: 
01/01/2000
Project Call: 
Earth Observing System
Science Theme: 
Detection and Monitoring of LCLUC
Climate Variability and Change
Observations and Data
Regional Initiative: 
GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks
Region: 
Middle East
North Africa
Asia
Europe
Western Europe
Africa
Solicitation: 
LCLUC-96
Distribution of Project Team Members Institutions
marker Principal Investigator   marker Co-Investigator   marker Collaborator   marker Postdoc Researcher   marker Graduate Student Researcher   marker Other
Team members: 
Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
Ronald Smith Principal Investigator Yale University, New Haven, United States


Abstract: 

Detection of spring supplemental irrigation is difficult. We focus on summer crops. Phenology of irrigated crops mimics other land covers. We use other factors such as terrain to reduce misidentification. Broad size distribution of irrigated fields (F(A)=C Am m = -1.9 ). Small fields dominate. We combine Landsat and AVHRR data. Sensor and orbit drift. We use a desert reference area.

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