Section

Ecology

Title

USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY IN MONITORING NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESSES OF THE ARAL SEA

Сontributors

O.V. Tushavina, Cand. Tech. Sc., Associate Professor at the MAI (National Research University), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

E. V. Nadezhkina, Dr. of Biol. Sc., Professor at the MAI (National Research University), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

T. S. Gruntovich, Graduate Student at the MAI (National Research University), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

E. S. Nadezhkina, Cand. of Biol. Sc., Leading Specialist at the Department of International Educational Cooperation of Lomonosov Moscow State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

P. F. Pronina, Graduate Student at the MAI (National Research University), This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

Held vectorization of the shoreline of the Aral sea for fifty-two years of observations by remote sensing of the Earth, has allowed to calculate the square of the water surface, to trace the dynamics of its change. Critical periods of shallowing of the sea and their causes are identified. The use of satellite imagery for monitoring of ecological changes can serve as a basis for the study of other water bodies.

Keywords

The Aral Sea, satellite imagery, remote sensing of the Earth, ecological disaster

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