Sustainable fresh water resources management in northern Kuwait-A remote sensing view from Raudatain basin

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-31

  Ud Din, Saif ^a   Al Dousari, Ahmad ^a   Al Ghadban, Abdul Nabi ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Raudatain basin; Recharge of aquifer in arid ecosystem; Sustainable management of ground water in Kuwait; TRMM data

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER; RECHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33846125582     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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