Mapping soil erosion susceptibility using remote sensing and GIS: A case of the Upper Nam Wa Watershed, Nan Province, Thailand

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 695-705

  Krishna Bahadur, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Land degradation; Remote sensing; Soil loss mapping

Indexed keywords

ARCVIEW; COMMON PROBLEMS; CROP MANAGEMENTS; DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; DIGITAL ANALYSIS; EARTH SURFACES; GEOGRAPHICAL DATUM; GIS; GRID CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSORS; INTEGRATED APPROACHES; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE/LAND COVERS; MOUNTAINOUS AREAS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NORTHERN THAILAND; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; RS AND GIS; SATELLITE DATUM; SLOPE LENGTHS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSIONS; SOIL LOSS MAPPING; STEEP TOPOGRAPHIES; STUDY AREAS; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPS; THAILAND; TOPOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS;

CROPS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULTIVATION; ERODIBILITY; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND DEGRADATION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ASIA; EURASIA; NAN; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 67349129144     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1348-3     Document Type: Article

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