Application of AVHRR to monitoring a climatically sensitive playa. Case study: Chott el Djerid, southern Tunisia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-302

  Bryant, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Chott el Djerid; Closed basin; Lake area; Playa

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; AVHRR; LAKE LEVEL; PLAYA;

TUNISIA;

EID: 0032810678     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199904)24:4<283::AID-ESP950>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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