Watershed characteristics, land use and fabric: The application of remote sensing and geographical information systems

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Khawlie, Mohamad ^a   Shaban, Amin ^a   Abdallah, Chadi ^a   Darwish, T ^a   Kawass, Issam ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b General Organization for Remote Sensing   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Decision making aid; Environment; Geoinformation; Remote sensing; Watershed

Indexed keywords

GIS; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHED;

EID: 24044471020     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2005.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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