The Mekong from satellite imagery: A quick look at a large river

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 259-274

  Gupta, Avijit ^a   Liew, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Large rivers; Mekong; River management; River Units; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA SET; IKONOS; MODIS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 33847368593     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.036     Document Type: Article

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