Arid land salinization detected by remotely-sensed landcover changes: A case study in the Siwa region, NW Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-167

  Masoud, A A ^a   Koike, K ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Change monitoring; Geographic information system; Image classification; Radiometric thermal temperature; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; SALINIZATION; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 33645229617     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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