The status of Egypt's agricultural lands using MODIS Aqua data

Mohamed E. Hereher

doi:10.1016/j.ejrs.2013.03.001

The status of Egypt's agricultural lands using MODIS Aqua data

Mohamed E. Hereher^*

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Abstract

The emergence of satellite images with moderate spatial resolution and wide geographic coverage helped in the estimation of Egypt's entire agricultural land in 2003 and 2012. The country which is situated entirely in the arid region exclusively relies on irrigated agriculture. The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) was the algorithm operated to estimate the vegetated area of the country, which was estimated at 3.3% and 3.7% in 2003 and 2012, respectively. Time series analysis of satellite data revealed the vigor pattern of cultivated lands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-89
Number of pages	7
Journal	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2013.03.001
Publication status	Published - Jun 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agricultural land
EVI
Egypt
MODIS

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General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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