The potential of remote sensing for monitoring rural land use changes and their effects on soil conditions

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 197-209

  Sommer, S ^a   Hill, J ^b   Megier J ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airborne hyperspectral data; Earth observation satellites; Environmental monitoring; Environmental satellite observatory; Soil degradation; Spectral mixture analysis

Indexed keywords

LAND USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031955779     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00119-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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