A digital camera as a tool to measure colour indices and related properties of sandy soils in semi-arid environments

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5475-5492

  Levin, Noa ^a   Ben Dor, E ^a   Singer, A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECTROMETRY;

COLOUR INDICES; FINE PARTICLE CONTENT; SOIL COLOUR;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIGITAL IMAGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL COLOR; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 33745064622     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500099444     Document Type: Article

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