Assessment of waterlogging in agricultural megaprojects in the closed drainage basins of the Western Desert of Egypt

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1493-1501

  El Bastawesy, M ^a,b   Ramadan Ali, R ^c   Faid, A ^a   El Osta, M ^d  

^a National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d Damanhour University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORPHOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SUBSURFACE HARDPANS;

CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IRRIGATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOLVENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACKING RADAR; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEEPAGE; SHRUB; WATERLOGGING;

BAHARIYA OASIS; EGYPT; GIZA [EGYPT]; WESTERN DESERT;

EID: 84879034584     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1493-2013     Document Type: Article

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