Sökning: "global drylands"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden global drylands.

  1. 1. Knowledge and Data Driven Approaches for Hydrocarbon Microseepage Characterizations: An Application of Satellite Remote Sensing

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Ali Al Farid; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Geography; Geographical Information Systems; Hydrocarbon Microseepage; PCA; Crosta; Band Ratio; MTMF; Weight of Evidence; SVM; Methane Fluxes; Remote Sensing; Satellite Image Classification; Earth Observation; Mineral Classifications; Machine Learning; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that plays a major role in climate change. Significant uncertainty exists in the estimates of emissions from natural methane sources. This uncertainty in data is one of the primary scientific challenges in climate model. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Linkages between land degradation and economic inequality in global drylands

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Neija Maegaard Elvekjær; [2017]
    Nyckelord :global drylands; Gini coefficient; income inequality; NDVI; Mann Kendall trend analysis; inequality index; restrend; land degradation; socio-economic inequality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Land degradation has a negative effect on agriculture, food security and ecosystems. It severely impacts the livelihood of the many people directly depending on agriculture around the world. Drylands are some of the most vulnerable areas around the world. LÄS MER