Use of remote sensing for Irrigation Scheduling in arid lands of Saudi Arabia

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-233

  Al Rumikhani, Yousef A ^a   Din, Saif Ud ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 80455160871     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03030879     Document Type: Article

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