Transferability of DEMETER. A case study of the irrigation scheme of veiga de Chaves

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 852, Issue , 2006, Pages 84-92

  Baptista, A ^a   Sousa, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Association of irrigators and water users; DEMETER project; EO technology; Irrigation system; Transferability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846357444     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2349331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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