Agricultural land monitoring in the Egyptian Nile Delta using landsat data

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 651-657

  Ghar, Mohamed Aboel ^a   Shalaby, Adel ^a   Tateishi, Ryutaro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Change detection; Egypt; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAND USE; MAPPING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NILE DELTA, EGYPT;

REMOTE SENSING;

CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC FACTORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

EID: 11144254468     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020723042000253866     Document Type: Article

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