Land evaluation by integrating remote sensing and GIS for cropping system analysis in a watershed

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 569-575

  Martin, D ^a   Saha, S K ^b  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Geographical information system; Land evaluation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650339946     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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