Remote sensing of agriculture change in Oman

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4835-4852

  Harris, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER (ETM);

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

KHABURAH; OMAN; SOHAR;

EID: 0346245217     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000068178     Document Type: Article

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