Assessing canal seepage and soil salinity using the electromagnetic remote sensing technology

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-63

  Cassel S , F ^a   Zoldoske, D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal seepage; Drainage; Electromagnetic induction; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CANAL; DRAINAGE WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SEEPAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148963995     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/SI060071     Document Type: Article

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