Vegetation cover change detection and assessment in arid environment  using multi-temporal remote sensing images and ecosystem management  approach

Aly, Anwar Abdelrahman; Al-Omran, Abdulrasoul Mosa; Sallam, Abdulazeam Shahwan; Al-Wabel, Mohammad Ibrahim; Al-Shayaa, Mohammad Shayaa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-713-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-713-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-713-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

Research article

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29 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 29 Apr 2016

Vegetation cover change detection and assessment in arid environment using multi-temporal remote sensing images and ecosystem management approach

Anwar Abdelrahman Aly, Abdulrasoul Mosa Al-Omran, Abdulazeam Shahwan Sallam, Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Wabel, and Mohammad Shayaa Al-Shayaa

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RC1: 'review report se-2016-31', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Responds to Anonymous referee 1', Abdulrasoul Al-Omran, 30 Mar 2016
RC2: 'Vegetation Cover Change Detection and Assessment in Arid Environment Using Multi-temporal Remote Sensing images and Ecosystem Management Approach', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Responds to Anonymous referee 2', Abdulrasoul Al-Omran, 03 Apr 2016
  - RC3: 'Reply to Authors about the supervised classification of NDVI image', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Apr 2016
    - AC3: 'Responds to Anonymous referee 2', Abdulrasoul Al-Omran, 11 Apr 2016
      - RC4: 'Image supervised classification', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Apr 2016
        
        AC4: 'Anonymous Referee #2', Abdulrasoul Al-Omran, 14 Apr 2016
        
        RC5: 'Final comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Apr 2016
        
        AC5: 'Respond to Anonymous Referee #2', Abdulrasoul Al-Omran, 14 Apr 2016
AC6: 'Revised manuscript', Abdulrasoul Al-Omran, 17 Apr 2016

Short summary

The use of a holistic ecosystem approach for sustainable development of fragile ecosystem of Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, was found valuable. A comprehensive analysis of the ecosystem was carried out to determine the complex relationships between agronomic and social dimensions. The major ecosystem change detected by RS was the increase of vegetation cover area between years 1987 and 2000 by 107.4 %; however, it decreased by 27.5 % between 2000 and 2013.