Desert Locust Monitoring, Forecasting and Assement in Africa and Southwest Asia Desert Locust Breeding Area Monitoring, Forecasting and Assement in Africa and Southwest Asia

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  • Contact Name：Dong Yingying

  • Tel：+86 13810924018

  • Mail：dongyy@aircas.ac.cn

  • Released by：Aerospace Informatiorr Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences

Desert Locust Monitoring in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in 2024/3(Spatial resolution-500m)

Dataset Overview

In March 2024, the number of desert locusts within Saudi Arabia decreased due to control measures. The monitoring results showed that in March, the total damaged vegetation area was 14.3 thousand hectares in Saudi Arabia, including 1.7 thousand hectares of cropland, 4.2 thousand hectares of grassland, and 8.4 thousand hectares of shrub (Figure 1), accounting for 0.78%, 0.22%, and 0.21% of the total area of the cropland, grassland, and shrub, respectively. Makkah experienced the most extensive impact, with 7.5 thousand hectares of vegetation affected, followed by Al Bahah, with 5.0 thousand hectares. Additionally, the affected area in Jizan was 1.8 thousand hectares.

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Product Number: XDA19080304255

Create Institution: Big Earth Data Center, CAS

Created By: dongyingying

Creation Date: 2025-06-13 16:58:42

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Type Of Data: 栅格

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Desert locusts

disaster monitoring

forecasting and assessment