The data from 1982 to 1993 have been reprocessed with a more sophisticated calibration (Smith et al. Ss, Sm, and Sw: severity of soil degradation (strong, moderate, and weak, respectively). The values of E p in the Map of the World Distribution of Arid Regions (UNESCO 1977) was estimated using the Penman method (1984), which determined Ep based on physical considerations. Here, we uniquely specified the constants (c and d) at which the number of pixels becomes largest for each AI, from the relationship between AI and NDVIymx. Category G seems to show semi-arid regions where vegetation conditions are related to the state of aridity. Most researchers have defined ‘desert’ according to their discipline (Tucker, Newcomb, and Dregne 1994). The sharp vertical gradients of q and θ near 5 km represent a transition zone between turbulent air in the atmospheric mixed layer below and laminar flow in the free atmosphere above. Many wind-tunnel studies were conducted and a Wind Erosion Equation was proposed by William Chepil (1904–47) and his colleagues that took account of soil erodibility, wind energy and direction, soil-surface roughness, sheltering effects, and vegetation cover. Figure 7 shows the modal distribution, which indicates the relationships between AI and NDVIymx, based on the maximum frequency. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. 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Calculate the zonal velocity of an air parcel at the equator, if it has conserved angular momentum while moving to the equator from 20°S, where it was initially at rest relative to the surface. The dust is generated locally by daytime vigorous boundary layer thermals and associated gusty surface winds. Arid climates can be found on every continent. Standard deviation of NDVIymx (SDNDVI) for 20 years (1982–2001). Category I denotes areas with plentiful vegetation despite high aridity, signifying irrigated areas and oases. In the twelfth century, the Hebrew philosopher, scientist, and jurist Moses Maimonides (1135–1204) wrote (Goodhill, 1971). It is preferable to prepare internally consistent maps of arid regions on a global scale in order to understand the present conditions of arid regions, especially deserts and soil degradation areas. An oasis is an area of plentiful vegetation and water surrounded by barren land. The individual classification methods are described later, in detail. In the lower layer (surface to 850 hPa) the convergence of eddy heat fluxes dominates radiative cooling, resulting in a net lower-tropospheric warming. Monthly Weather Review 114: 1084–1102. Figure 5 shows a scatter plot of AI and NDVIymx for pixels of size 8 km × 8 km. The sediments are very small and was shaped by wind. This catastrophe led to numerous studies on wind erosion, aeolian dust, and their economic implications, for example, in the Wind Erosion Project initiated at Kansas State University in 1947 and in other studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Although the linear relationship between NDVIymx and AI is ascertained, it is difficult to determine appropriate constants of the linear relationship (c and d) due to the large scatter in the data. Figure 7. This tendency was also reported by Potter and Brooks (1998), Gamo (1999), and Suzuki, Xu, and Motoya (2006). –Rainends up as run-off. Therefore, the degree of dryness is normally expressed as precipitation divided by potential evapotranspiration, giving the AI. If land has an Arid climate it is usually a desert. Oxford University Press, Oxford. True deserts, where the standard deviation of NDVIymx is very small, were selected from the ‘severe desert’ group. Decomposition processes in arid and semi-arid environment have some unique characteristics due to the distinct physical environment, e.g. Vegetation is improved with increased precipitation, although droughts can easily occur in these areas (e.g. In this article, we focus on the biodiversity and consequences of human socioecology on oases in the Sonoran Desert in southwestern North America (Fig. Scaling up and extending the oasis concept to large urban settings sets the stage for unsustainable expectations and demands on limited environmental resources. Irrigated areas (Category I) were not omitted, because soil degradation continues to expand or intensify in these areas. Desert areas are considered to be areas completely desertified. Further, in the case of the Sahel zone, for example, a year's total primary production can occur within 2–3 weeks (Tucker et al. arid meaning: 1. very dry and without enough rain for plants: 2. unsuccessful: 3. not interesting and showing…. Tchakerian, in Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Second Edition), 2015. However, the Pathfinder NDVI data set since 1994 has not been reprocessed. We selected yearly AI as representative of climate, and yearly maximum NDVI (NDVIymx) as representative of vegetation. In consequence, the sand surface will change its profile to one in which there is a windward and a leeward side, and this asymmetry will lead to the formation of small ridges (more grains being blown upslope on the windward side than fall on the leeward side). These springs often are the only water sources in large areas, and vary tremendously in terms of their size, water quality, species diversity, ecological significance, structure, cultural history, contemporary use, and conservation status. The surrounding areas … If restoration or partial restoration of already degraded sites is a goal, then having an assessment method designed and calibrated to restoration objectives might be the better alternative. Degree of soil degradation, as described using GLASOD (DEG1) data. Almost all irrigated areas and oases (Category I) have been affected by desertification across a broad spectrum from ‘light’ to ‘strong’ (for simplicity, comparisons of individual regions for Category G and I with GLASOD are not tabulated). Great Sandy D, Gibson D, Great Victoria D, and Simpson D); many parts of Mojave D, Sonoran D, and Chihuahuan D, and Monte D in dry Pampa and Patagonian D (from centre to east) in the Americas. The radiative heating results from enhanced daytime shortwave absorption due to a substantial aerosol or dust loading. As a general rule, the fractional variation of precipitation from year to year increases as the mean annual precipitation decreases, so lands that have low precipitation also have a high probability of unusually dry or wet years. Karakum D), severe deserts (e.g. Histograms of original 125 NDVIymx for each year from 1982 to 2001. Thus, AI = PE p −1, as estimated by the Thornthwaite method, is overestimated in arid regions and underestimated for moist climates. The Sonoran Desert covers roughly 260,000 km2 in the southwestern United States and northern Sonora in Mexico. Plants and animals that make their homes in arid climates have made special adaptations to … Concern over air pollution has been well documented (Brimblecombe, 1978). Histogram vertical axis shows area. In this method, the quantity is determined empirically as a function of the mean monthly temperature only, except that the average number of daylight hours for the month is also taken into consideration. In Australia, the southern part of Simpson D surrounding Lake Eyre is included in this category. All of the above regions coincide with semi-arid regions categorized as G except northeastern Australia, which is classified as a weak degree of soil degradation, Sw. 1994), etc. What are some landmarks of an arid desert? As a result, precipitation in the semiarid lands at the southern margin of the Sahara Desert occurs only during the summer season, when solar heating of the surface is sufficient to drive upward motion and low-level convergence there. Three photographs showing the variation of surface conditions from the subtropical Sahara Desert to the ITCZ. In order to obtain a consistent NDVI time-series, we reprocessed the Pathfinder data set. The United Nations Environment Program defines drylands as tropical and temperate areas with an aridity index of less than 0.65. The close relationship between radiation and temperature holds in cool and temperate arid zones except in the Mediterranean area, where radiation is greatest in spring but temperature is highest in summer. Despite the harsh conditions animals and plants have developed adaptive methods to survive the environment. The importance of fluvial action may seem ironic for an arid region. We selected yearly maximum NDVI (NDVIymx) to represent the vegetation condition for the following reasons: (1) yearly averaged vegetation index includes values in the snow-covered season; (2) the integrated value in the rainy season is ambiguous for analysis at a global scale; and (3) typical biogeological landscape is expressed on the basis of the wettest period in arid regions, even if this is of short duration. Generally, land degradation areas are formed when the fertile soil has been lost by water and/or wind erosion, etc. R.H. Johnson, in Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Second Edition), 2015. Tahr D), deserts belonging to Category G (e.g. Rafael de Grenade, Lawrence E. Stevens, in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2019. For the CZ in deserts, we will only focus on the regolith (see Fig. Therefore you find many men in whom you can notice defects in the actions of the psyche with the spoilage of the air, namely, that they develop dullness of understanding, failure of intelligence and defect of memory….”. There are also community-level adaptations that permit more abundant vegetation cover than might be expected in water-scarce environments. Ss, Sm, and Sw indicate the severity of soil degradation (strong, moderate, and weak, respectively). Strong winds, acting on dry sand, would give rise to dunes rather than ripples, and the dune forms can move as wind transfers sand over their crests from windward to leeward. The horizontal resolution is 8 km × 8 km in latitude and longitude. In some ways that are discussed in this article, drylands may be seen as possessing some attributes that may in fact make them somewhat resilient to climate change. hot deserts and semi-deserts. The range of scores in the Gila Reference Domain was limited and we suggest that this is because the metrics were developed against a relatively intact reference set in a wild, uncontrolled river system. A few years of enhanced rainfall can foster the development of surface vegetation that will hold down the sand and decrease the surface albedo, thereby increasing the probability of additional wet years. Figure 5. The structure of the Arabian heat low, part II: Bulk tropospheric heat budget and implications. In order to analyse and assess future changes in arid areas (deserts, semi-arid regions and land degradation areas), it is necessary to understand the present status of arid regions. The terms ‘savanna’ and steppe are also imprecise. Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine. Aridity results from the presence of dry, descending air. The four categories of UNEP-delimited (Middleton and Thomas 1992, 1997) arid regions are as follows: hyperarid (AI < 0.05), arid (0.05 ≤ AI < 0.20), semi-arid (0.20 ≤ AI < 0.50), and dry subhumid (0.50 ≤ AI < 0.65) for the period 1951–1980. Usually, arid areas are delimited by climatic aridity indices or vegetation indices, which are employed separately. The degrees of aridity and vegetation are tabulated by classes G1–G4 in Table 3. Semiarid Deserts. The vertical profiles of vertical motion in Figure 4 imply horizontal divergence in the lower to middle troposphere. Arid-land territories need to be maintained at their present low density population 192 levels. Make sure that what you draw transports heat and momentum toward the South Pole. This study emphasizes the geomorphology of the regolith. Hot arid lands e.g. The watercourses and channels are fringed by River red gum, coolabah, belalie, and creek wilga. The distribution of the world’s arid and semiarid areas. This would make it easier to identify the characteristics of degradation areas using vegetation indices such as the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) obtained by remote sensing satellite data, because NDVI quantifies the photosynthetic capacity of vegetation (Wessels et al. 6.24), and which therefore produces very heavy precipitation. (b) Sahel region grassland between Agadez and Tanout, Niger at 16°N. Conversion of a barchan to a seif. 2012), barelands and grasslands cover 16.5% and 13.4% of the Earth's land surface, respectively. Desert areas were classified as true deserts, severe deserts, grassland deserts (Category G), and soil degradation deserts (Category S). The channel country is comprised of flooded alluvial plains, watercourses, and swamp and claypan areas of deep grey cracking clays. Histograms of 20 year mean (100 NDVIymx) for aridity index AI. Adjusted values, i.e. Types Of Arid Lands 1. Figure 6.24. The Ecohydrology of Desert Environments: What Makes it Distinctive? Figure 3. When the rains fail and the surface vegetation is removed, the dominant surface covering may become windblown sand, which has a higher albedo than a vegetated surface. Arid climates are not suitable for most life forms. The Sahel from Niger to Chad, the Sahel in Darfur, and the Ordos Plateau in China are within Category S. The standard deviation of NDVIymx is very small/large in severe deserts/semi-arid areas, respectively. There are also very cold desert environments, such as the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. The eastern half of the Iberian Peninsula (the soil is highly salinized) in Europe is also included in this category. Category I occupies 0.8% of all land surface. H, humid and vegetation affluent regions; M: mountainous areas higher than 3 km; C, cool and cold areas located further north/south than 55° N/55° S in latitude. We created a histogram for a yearly maximum normalized vegetation index (NDVIymx) from PAL data. On the other hand, no relationship is evident between AI and NDVIymx in humid areas, where AI is larger than about 0.5. (c) Equatorial rain forest on the rim of the Congo Basin near Bondo, Zaire at 4°N. Land degradation is one of the most significant environmental treats on arid region ecosystems in terms of the use of these resources. Along the southern coast of western Africa the precipitation peaks twice a year during early summer and late fall. If the temperature is high/low, evaporation is large/small. Partially due to all the above reasons, compared with wetter environments, the rate of litter decomposition in arid and semi-arid environments is much poorly predicted using abiotic factors such as mean annual precipitation and soil moisture. The data processing we conducted is described below. Figure 1 illustrates histograms for 1982, as an example. A type of desertification risk index is proposed on the relationship between AI and vegetation index (NDVIymx). The correlation coefficients are 0.81 and 0.80, respectively. Sites of soil degradation as well as the subcategories are listed in Table 4. The term comes from the Demotic Egyptian words ouahe or wahe, meaning “dwelling place.” As with all springs, oases are places where groundwater reaches the Earth's surface, often creating lush wetland habitat that are occupied by many life forms, and which can function as ecologically highly interactive focal points in the surrounding landscapes. The annual AI was estimated by the ratio of mean annual precipitation to mean annual potential evapotranspiration, using the Thornthwaite method. Pressure differences within the tunnel could be ascertained at different heights above its floor by a specially designed manometer. Changes in surface environment of arid lands can be very long lasting. Oldroyd, in Treatise on Geomorphology, 2013. The wet season in Africa decreases in duration and reliability as one moves northward from the equator. Figure 10. Geographical distribution of mean annual aridity index AI for 1961–1990 (CRU). Adapted with permission from Smith, E. A., 1986. Thus, the boundary of the Sahara D and the Sahel zone belonging to Category G is clearly determined by the difference of SDNDVI, while the boundary between the Sahara D and soil-degraded Sahel zone is not so clearly defined. Desertification is mainly defined as a process of land degradation that reduces its productivity. Gamo (1999) also classified arid regions in the Africa and Eurasia regions into the same four categories. Figure 11. 2004). The only mechanism to balance this energy gain is a lateral transport of energy out of the region. At night, radiational cooling acts to decrease θ in the lowest kilometer, creating a nocturnal inversion. ; deserts from the Iran Plateau to Indus River Plain (Kavir D, Lut D, Registan D, Tahr D, etc. Aeolian geomorphology traces its origins to nineteenth-century European reports of arid-land features in Asia and Africa, in which Davis showing only passing interest. The degree of soil degradation was classified into extreme, strong, moderate, and light. –Sand & Wind – but not … The Thornthwaite method systematically underestimates E p for dry conditions and overestimates for moist and cold environments (Middleton and Thomas 1997; Hulme Marsh, and Jones 1992; Krishna Kumar, Rupa Kumar, and Pakhecha 1987). Part I: Development of a 1961–90 Mean Monthly Terrestrial Climatology, International Soil Reference and Information Centre, Natural Evaporation from Open Water, Bare Soil and Grass, Global Analysis of Empirical Relations between Annual Climate and Seasonality of NDVI, A Modified Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index, The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder AVHRR 8-km Land Data Set, Global Analyses of Satellite-Derived Vegetation Index Related to Climatological Wetness and Warmth, Global Irrigated Area Map (GIAM), Derived from Remote Sensing, for the End of the Last Millennium, An Approach Towards a Rational Classification of Climate, Expansion and Contraction of the Sahara Desert between 1980 and 1990, AVHRR Data Sets for Determination of Desert Spatial Extent, Satellite Remote Sensing of Total Herbaceous Biomass Production in the Senegalese Sahel: 1980–1984, Assessing the Effects of Human-Induced Degradation in the Former Homelands of Northern South Africa with a 1 km AVHRR NDVI Time-Series, Characteristics of Desertification and its Rehabilitation in China. The degree of severity of soil degradation was defined by change of NDVIymxAI−1. Compared to humid lands, the relative importance of desert atmospheric and geomorphic processes and the magnitude and frequency of their operation is rather distinctive. One can classify drylands into four sub-types: Line (b) shows NDVIymx = 3.2AI derived from Equation (6). Sand dunes are area of land where the only foot hold is from sand. E pp, were used as E p in this study. A detailed world irrigation map was produced by Thenkabail et al. Severe deserts are clearly categorized as areas where the NDVIymx is 0.15 or less, as in the following equation: (5). Tucker, Dregne, and Newcomb (1991) reported that the yearly mean NDVI increases linearly with yearly precipitation P in the Sahel zone in Africa. This structure is characteristic of deep, continental atmospheric boundary layers containing vigorous, dry convective plumes or thermals. Category A denotes severe deserts where AI and NDVIymx are both small; Category I denotes areas where there is abundant vegetation despite dry climate, such as irrigated areas and oases. Oases in arid lands are desert springs ecosystems that function as centers and sources of dynamic cultural diversity. Accordingly, we are currently working on applying these metrics in the Rio Grande and Pecos River floodplains, two large waterways with significant impoundments and alterations to the hydrological regime. The vertical structure of thermal lows can also be considered from an energy budget perspective. He depicted the movement of sand grains being driven along by wind in the cartoon reproduced in Figure 12. Our delimitation methodology appears to be applicable to other NDVI data sets, e.g. “If the air is altered ever so slightly, the state of the Psychic Spirit will be altered perceptibly. Arid lands are often characterized by patches of shrubs and/or grasses separated by bare soil patches of various sizes. In arid areas, it is considered preferable to use a soil-adjusted normalized vegetation index such as the soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) (Huete 1988), modified soil-adjusted vegetation index (MSAVI) (Qi et al. We combined both indices on a two-dimensional graph of the long-term means of AI and vegetation index. If the density of human and animal populations is such that the land is denuded of vegetation, then the desert may advance into regions that were previously semiarid. We used NDVI data from 1982 to 2001. In general, the distribution of NDVIymx seems to be similar to the trends in the AI, which increases from dryland to wetland. Annual rainfall is about 1800 mm. When averaged, the two peak values of the 12 sample years (from 1982 to 1993) where data have been reprocessed are denoted as s 1 and s 2; s 1 = 0.08 and s 2 = 0.72. In Asia, regions from the Anatolian Peninsula to the Zagros Mountains, southern hillside of the Hindu-Kush Mountains, Rajasthan east of Thar D, west part of Deccan Plateau, river-mouth of the Volga, east part of Kazakh Steppe (which extends south, surrounding Balkhash Lake), west and central Mongolian Steppe, Ordos D (including Kubuqi D and Mu Us D), areas between east Mongolian Steppe (Category G) and Ordos D, Horqin D (or Horqin Sandy Land, which is the nearest desert to Beijing) are included in this category. The purpose of this article is to prepare a map of global distribution of arid regions using objective criteria that have physical and biological meaning. “Comparing the air of cities to the air of deserts and arid lands is like comparing waters that are befouled and turbid to waters that are fine and pure. Figure 14.2. Figure 13. Here, for descriptive purposes, Category S is divided into Sw, Sm, and Ss, according to weak, medium, and strong degradation condition, respectively. Plateaus. It is also desirable to propose a degree of desertification, such as a desertification risk index, based on the use of climatic factors and vegetation data. The long-term mean of vegetation index distinguishes deserts and areas affected by drought. L. Wang, P. D'Odorico, in Encyclopedia of Ecology (Second Edition), 2013. Which approach to adopt could be based on assessment objectives. Water is generally scarce in arid areas. But having being invalided out of the army due to an illness he was appointed to Imperial College, London, where he conducted wind-tunnel experiments on sand and developed models for aeolian transport. Bagnold's first discussion referred to a ‘long’ dune, where the activities at its two ends could be ignored. Figure 1. This mode line is shown in Figure 5, labelled ‘a.’ A pixel on the left/right side of this proportional line ‘a’ indicates that the vegetation condition in this area is better/worse than the corresponding vegetation condition at a pixel on the proportional line shown by Equation (4). As mentioned below, the standard deviation of NDVIymx over the long term is also very small in many severe deserts, which shows that the vegetation index NDVIymx is very small and very stable. SDNDVI for Category S is smaller and narrower than for Category G, because soil degradation, unlike drought events, prevents the rapid recovery of vegetation following precipitation. In Category S zones, the standard deviation of NDVIymx is relatively small compared with that within the Category G zone because the return rainfall does not seem to promptly restore productivity. When MODIS NDVIymx values were standardized by Equation (3), the delimitation map indicated a similar tendency to our study (details not shown here, for simplicity). But in general the height of a dune is greatest at its mid-point so there is more sand to move there. As shown in Figure 5, we attempted to classify arid regions within four broad categories. Figure 6 shows the frequency distribution of NDVIymx for specific AI values ranging from 0.10 to 0.48. The long-term mean of yearly maximum normalized difference vegetation index (NDVIymx) was used as an indicator of the vegetation condition. Green leaves absorb part of the visible part of the solar radiation spectrum and reflect light in the near-infrared. Given the isolation and biocultural richness and importance of its springs, the Sonoran Desert is an ideal region in which to examine how regional ecohydrology influences oasis ecosystem form, function, conservation status, and roles in aridland societal development. Areas of severe land degradation in China coincide with the regions in the desertification map described by Zha and Gao (1997). This divergence is consistent with heating in the lower troposphere that lifts isobaric surfaces above the heat source and produces a midlevel high and coincident outflow of air. It is a reasonable assumption that radiation (net radiation R n in the Penman method) is closely linked to temperature. The boundary between the Gobi D (Category A) and Ordos D (Category S) is vague, because of the same tendency. It has been speculated that you might be able to bring rainfall to the Sahara by decreasing the surface albedo. 6.24). A unique combination of atmospheric, geologic, and geomorphic conditions is responsible for the formation of deserts primarily between the Tropics of Cancer and … M, mountainous areas higher than 3 km; C, cool and cold areas located further north/south than 55° N/55° S in latitude. As the linear transformation equation is expressed as NDVIs = a(NDVI)o + b (a and b are constants), the following equation is derived: (3). Co-sponsored by Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Science Press, the Journal of Arid Land is an international peer-reviewed journal which explores sustainable development and eco-environmental management and focuses on the arid and semi-arid lands in Central Asia and the world at large. Random weather events or the remote influence of sea surface temperature changes can lead to a succession of wet years. Arid definition: Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it. There seems to be proportional relationship between NDVIymx and AI for values of AI less than about 0.4–0.5. That is, Category S seems to represent areas affected by desertification. Never gets into groundwater, were plants can draw it up later. 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