Optimum groundwater locations in the northern United Arab Emirates

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5879-5906

  Ghoneim, E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; LOCATION; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; OPTIMIZATION; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GULF OF OMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS; PERSIAN GULF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 52649085913     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160801932517     Document Type: Article

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