Landsat-based approaches for mapping of land degradation prevalence and soil functional properties in Ethiopia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 266-275

  Vågen, Tor G ^a   Winowiecki, Leigh A ^b   Abegaz, Assefa ^c   Hadgu, Kiros M ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Kenya)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ethiopia; Land degradation; Landsat; Mapping; PH; Soil erosion; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ETHIOPIA; LAND DEGRADATION; LANDSAT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; MAPPING; PH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; MAP; MAPPING; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; RISK FACTOR; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84876319401     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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