Surveying sandy deserts and desertified lands in north-western China by remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3603-3618

  Yan, C Z ^a   Wang, T ^a   Han, Z W ^a   Qie, Y F ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SAND; SURVEYING;

DESERTIFICATION; SANDY DESERTS AND DESERTIFIED LANDS;

LANDFORMS;

DATABASE; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; NEI MONGGOL; NINGXIA HUIZU; QINGHAI; SHAANXI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 34547691446     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160601024218     Document Type: Article

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