Due to non or poor accessibility in Lut Desert, it is very 
efficient to use remotely sensed data, such Landsat MSS, TM, 
NOAA and etc. Application of satellite data with different 
spatial and spectral and multi-temporal resolution may improve 
our understanding about factors of desertification such as wind, 
water erosion and soil salinity. 
Acknowledment 
The author thanks the Vice chancellor for research, University 
of Tehran for in part financial support of this research. The 
author also thanks to Ch.B. Komaki for his coaperation in 
Feature Space Analysis of Lut Desert. 
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