Eichhornia crassipes expansion detection using geospatial techniques: Lake Dambal, Oromia, Ethiopia

• Published in: Environmental Challenges
• Main Authors: Gutema Godana, Fekadu Fufa, Gemechu Debesa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Eichhornia crassipes; Weed invasion; Sentinel-2 image; Segmentation; Change detection; geo; The Sentinel; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100616; https://doaj.org/article/04dbeda31f0b460f8ee541af010b853a

Eichhornia crassipes growth is threatening fresh water bodies such as Lake Dambal. The study's goal is to map Eichhornia crassipes expansion and detect changes from 2017 to 2021. The instrument used to collect field point data was the Geographical Positioning System. The USGS and Copernicus Hub...