Utilization of Remote Sensing Data in Dryland Agriculture

Description

Agriculture is the most important land use activity in the world. Agriculture not only affects the change of land cover but also has a profound impact on the sustainable development of social economy, food security, water and environment, ecosystem services, climate change, and carbon cycle. Drylands defined as regions where annual potential evapotranspiration substantially exceeds precipitation are critically important to society, yet exceptionally vulnerable to climate change. Drylands make up more than 40% of the Earth's land surface and provide ecosystem services to more than two billion people, including providing habitat for numerous rare and endemic organisms, and supporting significant crop production and forage for wildlife and domestic livestock. This book “Utilization of Remote Sensing Data in Dryland Agriculture” aims at providing a platform for the most recent advances in suitable indicators, appropriate time series analysis techniques and strategies to integrate these into assessment and monitoring concepts, where case studies should demonstrate their potential for transferability. It is helpful reference book for students, researchers and agriculturists.