Land suitability modeling of natural vegetation using integrated remote sensing and GIS techniques: A case study

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  El Nahry, A H ^a   Khashaba, H E ^b  

^a NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR REMOTE SENSING AND SPACE SCIENCES   (Egypt)

^b DESERT RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Geostatistical analysis; Modeling; Natural vegetation; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SITES; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMED DECISION; LAND SUITABILITY; NATURAL VEGETATION; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SELECTION TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SITE SELECTION; TOOLS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 33644635648     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.51.56     Document Type: Article

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