Pinpointing source of Mekong and measuring its length through analysis of satellite imagery and field investigations

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Liu, Shaochuang ^a   Lu, Pingli ^b   Liu, Donghui ^b   Jin, Peidong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Field investigation; Satellite imagery; Source of Mekong

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING;

FIELD INVESTIGATION; ON THE SPOTS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SOURCE OF MEKONG; SOURCE WATERS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FIELD SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SITE INVESTIGATION;

EID: 34248347813     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11806-007-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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