ARTICLES
WANG Liwen, WEI Yaxing, NIU Zheng
2007, 9(3): 132-134.
In this paper, after image enhancement, composite, geometric rectification, mosaic, and subset based on 1∶100 000 topographic maps, TM data covered whole China was used under ARC/INFO software run in WINDOWS on the microcomputer, by digitally interpretation with individual menu, finally added up desert, sandy land and desertified land area in different provinces of China in 2000. Land cover type adopted three levels of classification system, the first level was classified into six classes: cultivated land, forest land, grassland, water body, construction land and non-used land. TM data interpretation results showed desert, sandy land and desertified land area separately were 9 361 263 hm2, 58 570 586 hm2, 18 917 225 hm2, and 12 340 694 hm2 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Gansu Province in 2000. Facing the fact that regional ecological environment has been improved, but on the whole the desertified land area is increasing every year in China, so quick and correct report of land desertified area to government by remote sensing technology has great significance to help making decisions.