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USING GIS AND A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO MODEL LAND DEGRADATION

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Citation:

Wade, T.G. AND J. Wickham. USING GIS AND A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO MODEL LAND DEGRADATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/320, 1995.

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Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly being used to model and ecosystem characteristics. his article describes the usefulness of GIS to model the susceptibility to desertification of and lands, using climatic, soil, vegetative, and anthropogenic indicators. he GIS model and graphical user interface were developed for a 100,000 square kilometer area in the Colorado Plateau Region in southern Utah.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:12/31/1995
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 32879