Mapping of salt-affected soils of irrigated lands in arid regions using remote sensing and GIS

RAST 2005 - Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 467-472

  Aldakheel, Y Y ^a   Elprince, A M ^a   Al Hosaini, A I ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; MAPPING; SOILS;

SALT CRUST; SALT-AFFECTED SOILS;

REMOTE SENSING;

GIS; IRRIGATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL;

EID: 33947515905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAST.2005.1512614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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