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Table of Contents

1. The desert in the space age.- 2. A classification of dunes based on aeolian dynamics and the sand budget.- 3. Space observations of Saharan aeolian dynamics.- 4. Landforms of the Australian deserts.- 5. The sandy deserts and the gobi of China.- 6. Analysis of desert terrain in China using Landsat imagery.- 7. Aeolian landforms in the Taklimakan Desert.- 8. North American deserts.- 9. Natural resource survey and environmental monitoring in arid- Raj asthan using remote sensing.- 10. Landsat surveys of southeastern Arabia.- 11. Measuring spectra of arid lands.

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`I know of no other book with such an approach, and El-Baz has done a masterful job of compiling techniques for dealing with serious worldwide problems. ...recommend it highly to the layman or scientist who wants to learn more about the applications in this emerging field.'
American Scientist (August 1985)