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In order to detect land cover changes in maritime Syria over the past 16 years (1977–1993), a multi-temporal normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) analysis computed from MSS-Landsat data was performed. A RGB-NDVI image composite technique was applied to visualize NDVI changes between three acquisition dates (March 1977, April 1986, March 1993). Qualification of change was obtained by a combination of this method with a simple classification comparison procedure. Our results are summarized in a synthetical map revealing a trend towards a global degradation of vegetation cover.
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Khreim, JF., Lacaze, B. (1997). Land Cover Change Detection in a Mediterranean Area (Maritime Syria) from Remotely Sensed Data. In: Bardinet, C., Royer, JJ. (eds) Geosciences and Water Resources: Environmental Data Modeling . Data and Knowledge in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60627-4_20
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