The arid area is mainly composed of desert, with fragile eco-environment and being extremely vulnerable to the influence of natural and human perturbations. Based on the remote sen-sing ecological index (RSEI), the arid remote sensing ecological index (ARSEI) was formed to improve the remote sensing ecological index for arid area, which was coupled with the information of greenness, humidity, salinity, heat and land degradation to quantitatively evaluate the eco-environment quality. We used ARSEI and RSEI to dynamically monitor and evaluate the eco-environment quality of Ulan Buh Desert from 2000 to 2019, and analyzed their differences and their applicability in arid area. We further examined the characteristics and reasons of the temporal and spatial variations of the eco-environment quality of Ulan Buh Desert. The results showed that the ARSEI index had better applicability to the eco-environment quality in arid area than the RSEI, and it enhanced the role of land use changes in the ecological environment quality assessment. From 2000 to 2019, the overall eco-environmental quality of Ulan Buh Desert was worse. The parts under better, good, and medium grades were mainly distributed in the northern region, the parts with worse grades were mainly concentrated in the gobi and sandy land, and the poor ones were mainly located in area with low coverage vegetation. From 2000 to 2019, the overall quality of the eco-environment in the Ulan Buh Desert were becoming better. Meanwhile, the eco-environment quality of towns and farms in the northern part of the desert changed complexly, with deterioration and improvement alternately distributed. The main reason for the changes in the eco-environment of Ulan Buh Desert was the positive effects of ecological agriculture and sand industry.
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