Using satellite images to study drainage pattern anomalies in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Environmental Hydrology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-14

  Al Saud, Mashael M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER FLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 37549051314     PISSN: 10583912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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