A data fusion approach for soil erosion monitoring in the Upper Yangtze River Basin of China based on Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) model

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4777-4789

  Ma, J W ^a   Xue, Y ^a,b   Ma, C F ^a   Wang, Z G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATERSHEDS;

ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPER (ETM);

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

CHINA; MINJIANG RIVER; SICHUAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0346875639     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116021000056028     Document Type: Article

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