Identification and mapping of soil erosion areas in the Blue Nile, Eastern Sudan using multispectral ASTER and MODIS satellite data and the SRTM elevation model

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1167-1178

  El Haj El Tahir, M ^a   Kaab A ^a   Xu, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ASTER DATA; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; BLUE NILE; DEVELOPED MODEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION MODELS; FIELD DATA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND DEGRADATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTI-SPECTRAL; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL EROSION; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES;

EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOILS; SPACE SHUTTLES; TRACKING RADAR;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ASTER; DATA SET; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; GULLY; LAND DEGRADATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MODIS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BLUE NILE [SUDAN]; SUDAN;

EID: 78650590258     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1167-2010     Document Type: Article

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