Quantification and site-specification of the support practice factor when mapping soil erosion risk associated with olive plantations in the Mediterranean island of Crete

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 19-28

  Karydas, Christos G ^a   Sekuloska, Tijana ^a   Silleos, Georgios N ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Object oriented image analysis; P factor; QuickBird imagery; RUSLE; Soil erosion risk

Indexed keywords

OBJECT-ORIENTED IMAGE ANALYSIS; P FACTOR; QUICKBIRD IMAGERY; RUSLE; SOIL EROSION RISK;

CULTIVATION; DEGRADATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

EROSION;

GIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREECE; OLEA; RISK FACTORS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58549094953     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0179-8     Document Type: Article

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