Using remote sensing approach and surface landscape conditions for optimization of watershed management in Mediterranean regions

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Makhamreh, Zeyad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Landsat; Organic carbon; Soil colour; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROLOGICAL PATTERNS; INORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC CONTENT; JORDAN; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; LANDSCAPE INFORMATION; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; ORGANIC CARBON DISTRIBUTION; POTENTIAL SITES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SEMI ARID; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPECTRAL MIXTURE ANALYSIS; SUB-CATCHMENT; WATER HARVESTING; WATER MOISTURE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; COLOR; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE NETWORK; LANDSAT; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

JORDAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79952009402     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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