Estimating soil erosion changes in the Wenchuan earthquake disaster area using geo-spatial information technology

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Bing ^a   Jiao, Quanjun ^a   Wu, Yanhong ^a   Zhang, Wenjuan ^a  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; remote sensing; soil erosion; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DISASTERS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS;

GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SECONDARY DISASTERS; SOIL EROSION; THEMATIC MAPPER IMAGES; VEGETATION COVER; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 77953350518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3153914     Document Type: Article

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