Field and satellite radiometry of soil erodibility along the climatic gradient of the Judean Desert, Israel

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 33, Issue , 2000, Pages 1385-1388

  Shoshany, M ^a   Sarah, P ^a   Jarmer, T ^b   Hill, J ^b   Lavee, H ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desertification; Erodibility mapping; Soil erodibility; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; WEATHERING;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; ERODIBILITY; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 84879551087     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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