Remote sensing and GIS modeling for selection of a benchmark research area in the inland valley agroecosystems of West and Central Africa

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 755-768

  Thenkabail, Prasad S ^a   Nolte, Christian ^b   Lyon, John G ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034121836     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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