Efficiency of Thematic Mapper Data for Detecting the Changes of Land Use -Land Cover in Mosul Lake and Surrounding Area Northern Iraq

Authors

  • Firas A. Hadi Department of Energy Science, College of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Al-Karkh University of Science, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Walid A. Ahmad Department of Remote Sensing, College of Remote Sensing and Geophysics, Al-Karkh University of Science, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Faleh Hassan Mahmood Remote Sensing Unit, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

Keywords:

Desertification, NDVI, WI, BLI, GIS, Remote Sensing

Abstract

The study area lies in the northern part of Iraq, This study depends on one scene of Thematic Mapper (TM5) data of Landsat, these data are subset by using region of interest (ROI) file within the ERDAS 9.2 software. RS and GIS have been used as tools for detecting the desertification during the periods 1990-2000-2009 by using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI, Water Index WI and Barren Land Index BLI. The indicators of Desertification which used in this study for period  1990-2000 and 2000-2009 are represented by decrease the vegetation cover and increase water body and barren land.

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Published

2019-03-27

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Section

Remote Sensing

How to Cite

Efficiency of Thematic Mapper Data for Detecting the Changes of Land Use -Land Cover in Mosul Lake and Surrounding Area Northern Iraq. (2019). Iraqi Journal of Science, 60(3), 662-676. https://ijs.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/eijs/article/view/702

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