A methodology to estimate the future extent of dryland salinity in the southwest of Western Australia

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-34

  Caccetta, Peter ^a   Dunne, Robert ^a   George, Richard ^b   McFarlane, Don ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION OF; DECISION TREE CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISSOLVED SALT; DRYLAND AGRICULTURE; DRYLAND SALINITY; EXPERT OPINION; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; RATE OF RISE; RELATED VARIABLES; SALINE GROUNDWATER; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STREAM WATER QUALITY; VALIDATION DATA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CATCHMENTS; DECISION TREES; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HAZARDS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLANNING; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

GROUND WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION TREE; DRYLAND SALINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; SALINITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; SPACECRAFT; WATER MOVEMENTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 75149129439     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0037     Document Type: Article

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