Remote sensing and transect-based retrieval of spatial soil and terrain (SOTER) information in semi-arid Niger

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 631-644

  Graef, F ^a   Van Duivenbooden, N ^b   Stahr, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

Author keywords

Degradation; GIS; Multiple scales; Niger; Remote sensing; Soil transects; SOTER

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEY; TRANSECT;

NIGER;

EID: 0032143335     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0423     Document Type: Article

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