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Using Remote Sensing and GIS in Measuring Vegetation Cover Change from Satellite Imagery in Mosul City, North of Iraq
Abstract<p>The aim of the study is the assessment of changes in the land cover within Mosul City in the north of Iraq using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques during the period (2014-2018). Satellite images of the Landsat 8 on this period have been selected to classify images in order to measure normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to assess land cover changes within Mosul City. The results indicated that the vegetative distribution ratio in 2014 is 4.98% of the total area under study, decreased to 4.77% in 2015 and then decreased to 4.54 <italic>%</italic> in 2016, after then decreased to 3,59% in 2017,then increased to 4.39% in 2018. Land cover change of the area was identified using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) technique. Highest NDVI value was found in 2015 (6.26%) which denotes presence of moderate-high vegetation cover at that time period. After 2015, highest NDVI value was found following a decreasing trend (6.05% in 2016 and 5.96% in 2018) which clearly represents the vegetation cover change in the study area, also Green Normalized. Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI) is studied in this paper. Statistical properties for NDVI and GNDVI were illustrated has been computed. From the results of this study one can clearly notice that there are the spatial variation in the vegetal cover from 2014 to 2018 in Mosul city, north of Iraq.</p>
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Publication Date
Wed Feb 22 2023
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Iraqi Journal Of Science
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Publication Date
Tue Jan 30 2018
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Iraqi Journal Of Science
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Publication Date
Tue Feb 28 2023
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
The Digital Change Detection for Low Resolution Satellite Images in Weathering Estimation

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Publication Date
Sun May 01 2022
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Molecular identification of three novel species of Ganoderma from different habitats in Mosul, Iraq

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Publication Date
Thu Mar 30 2023
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Publication Date
Tue Dec 01 2020
Journal Name
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Publication Date
Sun Jan 30 2022
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Publication Date
Wed Jul 29 2020
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Sat Dec 03 2016
Journal Name
Journal Of Genetic And Environmental Resources Conservation
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