Remote sensing techniques in the investigation of aeolian sand dunes: A review of recent advances

Z Zheng, S Du, H Taubenböck, X Zhang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Sand dunes are one of the most abundant aeolian landforms and play an important role in
understanding how aeolian environments evolve. Since the 1970s, remote sensing has …

[HTML][HTML] Improved optical image matching time series inversion approach for monitoring dune migration in North Sinai Sand Sea: Algorithm procedure, application …

E Ali, W Xu, X Ding - ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, 2020 - Elsevier
Sand dune migration poses a potential threat to desert infrastructure, vegetation, and
atmospheric conditions. Capturing the patterns of long-term dune migration is useful for …

Spatiotemporal variability of dune velocities and corresponding uncertainties, detected from optical image matching in the North Sinai Sand Sea, Egypt

E Ali, W Xu, X Ding - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding the relationship between climatic conditions and dune ecosystems requires
the large-scale monitoring of spatiotemporal patterns of dune velocities. Due to their large …

Quantifying dune migration patterns and influencing factors in the central Sahara Desert

Z Xia, P Lü, F Ma, M Cao, J Yu - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on Landsat images and ERA5 climate data, here we analyzed geomorphic dune
patterns and the spatial characteristics of dune migration in the central Sahara Desert region …

[HTML][HTML] Desertification hazards in the middle zone of Wadi Fatimah, West Saudi Arabia

M Al-Mutiry, ESA Hermas, AF Alqurashi… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research aims at determining and analysing the causes and consequences of
desertification in the middle zone of Wadi Fatimah using satellite images, climatic data, and …

Reflectance spectroscopy and ASTER mapping of aeolian dunes of Shaqra and Tharmada Provinces, Saudi Arabia: Field validation and laboratory confirmation

Y Salem, H Ghrefat, R Sankaran - International Journal of Image …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Spatial variability of grain sizes and mapping of aeolian dunes is important to study the sand
erosion, transport, and dune movement and to understand the dune encroachment and land …

The Interplay between Spatial Urban Expansion and Morphologic Landscapes East of Cairo, Egypt Using Time Series Satellite Imagery

H Shalaby, ES Hermas, H Khormi, AM Farghaly… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to monitor the magnitudes, rates, and directions of spatial urban expansions
east of Cairo and their interactions with the initial morphologic landscapes. The approach …

Assessment of Aeolian Activity in the Bodélé Depression, Chad: A Dense Spatiotemporal Time Series From Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Data

E Ali, W Xu, L Xie, X Ding - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There are several hotspots of dust production in the central Sahara, the Bodélé Depression
(BD) in northern Chad is considered the largest source of aerosol dust worldwide, with the …

Cascading effects of sand stabilization on pathogen communities: connecting global and local processes

S Halle, M Garrido, K Noy, I Messika… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To advance our understanding of the mechanisms that mediate the relationships
between global climatic and anthropogenic processes and pathogen occurrence, it is crucial …

Advances in Measurement Techniques for Estimating Sand Dune Movements

ES Hermas, A Gaber, AF Alqurashi - Sand Dunes of the Northern …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Sand dunes move in different magnitudes and directions. The measurement of dune
movements has followed two approaches: field and remote sensing techniques. Field …