Assessing land degradation induced by recreational activities in the Algodones Dunes, California using MODIS satellite imagery

Agriculture & Biology

• moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer 100%
• land degradation 90%
• recreation 80%
• dunes 73%
• all-terrain vehicles 46%
• albedo (reflectance) 39%
• recreation areas 33%
• wilderness 31%
• normalized difference vegetation index 18%
• surface temperature 16%
• ecosystems 10%
• land use planning 10%
• land cover 9%
• temperature 8%
• land use change 8%
• vegetation cover 8%
• time series analysis 8%
• monitoring 4%
• habitats 4%
• soil 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• recreational activity 80%
• land degradation 72%
• satellite imagery 60%
• dune 59%
• MODIS 56%
• wilderness area 33%
• vehicle 24%
• recreation 23%
• road 22%
• albedo 22%
• NDVI 14%
• surface temperature 13%
• dune field 10%
• ecosystem 9%
• time series analysis 8%
• vegetation cover 7%
• land use change 7%
• land surface 6%
• transect 6%
• environmental change 6%
• land cover 6%
• imagery 6%
• temperature 5%
• land use 5%
• habitat 4%
• exposure 4%
• monitoring 4%
• soil 3%