Fuzzy class membership approach to soil erosion modelling

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-110

  Nisar Ahamed, T R ^a   Gopal Rao, K G ^a   Murthy, J S R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Classification; Fuzzy membership; GIS; Soil erosion; Spatial variability; USLE

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0342748655     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(99)00066-9     Document Type: Article

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