Remote sensing for environmental protection of the eastern Mediterranean rugged mountainous areas, Lebanon

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-23

  Khawlie, M ^a   Awad, M ^a   Shaban, A ^a   Kheir, R Bou ^a   Abdallah, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

DTM; Environmental indicators; Geoenvironmental mapping; GIS; Groundwater; Mountains; Remote sensing; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; POLLUTION; RAIN;

HUMAN INTERFERENCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIS; GROUNDWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION;

LEBANON;

EID: 0036855466     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-2716(02)00115-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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