Use of remote sensing to map gully erosion along the Atbara River, Sudan

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 1999, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 175-180

  Fadul, Hassan M ^a   Salih, Ahmed A ^a   Ali, Imad Eldin A ^b   Inanaga, Shinobu ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION   (Sudan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atbara River; Gully erosion; Kerib land; Remote sensing; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GULLY EROSION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING;

ATBARA RIVER; SUDAN;

EID: 12944309834     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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