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LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
卷 31, 期 18, 页码 2749-2762出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3642
关键词
Afforestation plan; Land degradation; LANDSAT; Remote sensing
资金
- International Research & Development Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [2018K1A3A7A03089842]
- Biodiversity Conservation Fund of Kazakhstan
The Aral Sea was one of the largest lakes in the world, but almost 60,000 km(2)of the waterbody has dried up due to water withdrawal for irrigation. Afforestation on the desiccated seafloor could be important in preventing soil flation, dust storms, and negative impact on human health. In this study, we aimed to delineate potential vegetation establishment areas on the dried Aral Sea bed using remote-sensed data in support of the decision-making related to afforestation. Various indices such as normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), topsoil grain size index (TGSI), soil salinity index (SSI), and normalized multiband drought index (NMDI) were calculated from the LANDSAT-8 OLI satellite imagery. As an indicator of vegetation existence, NDVI was classified into three groups and set as a base for classifying other indices by performing statistical analyses. Based on the decision tree method, indices were combined and the potential vegetation establishment area was detected. Higher NDVI was identified in the southeast than the west of the study area. The results of statistical analyses showed that TGSI had a positive correlation with NDVI, while SSI and NMDI had a negative correlation. Overall, the potential vegetation area comprised 7,295.21 km(2)(61.34%) of the 'unsuitable' area, 2,818.64 km(2)(23.7%) of the 'intermediate' area, 1,612.15 km(2)(13.56%) of the 'suitable' area, and 166.42 km(2)(1.4%) of the 'very suitable' area. The developed map enables to identify dried seafloor area suitable for vegetation establishment thus contributing to planning the land rehabilitation efforts and preventing further land degradation.
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