Non-point source pollution in Indian agriculture: Estimation of nitrogen losses from rice crop using remote sensing and GIS

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-200

  Chhabra, Abha ^a   Manjunath, K R ^a   Panigrahy, Sushma ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization loss; Indo Gangetic plain region; Leaching loss; Nitrogenous fertilizers; Rice crop

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOSS; REMOTE SENSING; RICE; VOLATILIZATION;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 77950367755     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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