Remote sensing monitoring to determine dynamics of grassland available for animal production in Eastern Turkey

摘要

This study was aimed to show the ability of determining biomass availability and the dynamic status of grassland available for animal production using LANDSAT satellite images by integration of Remote Sensing techniques and Geographic Information Systems.For this purpose, The Landsat 5 TM satellite images taken in 2005 were used to determine the land use including grasslands within the range of red (0.45-0.52 μm), near infra-red (0.52-0.60 μm) and infra-red (0.63-0.69 μm) bands of images. The results obtained in this study showed that within the visible and infrared region selecting one or two bands used to create images and processing, land use types and grassland areas can be determined. Furthermore, the models can be developed to open up new dimensions not only to predict green yield available for animals on pasture but also to predict the green yield consumption by animals; and to describe the dynamics of a grazing system