Development of an agricultural land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) decision support tool using remote sensing and geographic information system

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 228-235

  Dung, Elisha J ^a   Sugumaran, Ramanathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

ArcGIS; GIS; LESA; Prime agricultural land; Remote sensing; Spatial decision support systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; GPS; LAND EVALUATION; NATURAL HAZARD; REMOTE SENSING; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL EROSION;

BLACK HAWK COUNTY; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BUTEOGALLUS;

EID: 33645974581     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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