Investigation of flood inundation on playas within the Zone of Chotts, using a time-series of AVHRR

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 360-375

  Bryant, R G ^a   Rainey, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPORATION; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS;

WATER BALANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; FLOODING; LAKE; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; PLAYA; TIME SERIES;

ALGERIA; TUNISIA;

EID: 0036788058     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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