Desertification is the process of land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry-subhumid areas. This communication describes the classification system, methodology and the results of desertification and land degradation status mapping carried out for the entire country on 1 : 500,000 scale using multi-temporal
Resourcesat AWiFS data.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/desertificationland-degradation-status-mapping-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-arya-ajai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-s-dhinwa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/s-k-pathan-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-salinisation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/desert-spread
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deserts
