Quantitative Determination of Soil Erosion and Prioritization of Micro-Watersheds Using Remote Sensing and GIS

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-192

  Shinde, Vipul ^a   Sharma, Arabinda ^b   Tiwari, Kamlesh N ^a   Singh, Manjushree ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GIS; Priority; Remote sensing; Soil erosion; USLE

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; EQUATION; GIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED;

DAMODAR VALLEY; INDIA;

EID: 80051665692     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0064-8     Document Type: Article

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