Assessing land cover and soil quality by remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS)

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-92

  De Paul Obade, Vincent ^a   Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land management; Remote sensing; Soil organic carbon; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ECOREGION; GIS; LAND COVER; MAP; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84873202704     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.10.014     Document Type: Review

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