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Desert Locust Monitoring in Somalia and Saudi Arabia in 2024/2(Spatial resolution-500m)

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In February 2024, rainfall decreased in the northwestern region of Somalia, which was unfavorable for the breeding and reproduction of desert locusts. As a result, the number of desert locusts in that area decreased. The monitoring results showed that in February, the total damaged vegetation area was 13.6 thousand hectares in Somalia, including 5.5 thousand hectares of grassland and 8.1 thousand hectares of shrub (Figure 1), accounting for 0.02% and 0.04% of the total area of the grassland and shrub, respectively. North-West experienced the most significant impact, with 7.1 thousand hectares of vegetation affected, followed by Sanaag, with 3.3 thousand hectares. Additionally, the affected area of vegetation in Awdal was 3.2 thousand hectares.

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Product Number: XDA19080304254

Create Institution: Big Earth Data Center, CAS

Created By: Dong Yingying

Creation Date: 2025-06-13 16:57:49

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Data Format: GeoTiff

Type Of Data: 栅格

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