Monitoring of agricultural soil degradation by remote-sensing methods: A review

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6152-6181

  Shoshany, Maxim ^a   Goldshleger, Naftaly ^b   Chudnovsky, Alexandra ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; SOIL DEGRADATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 84879551220     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.793872     Document Type: Article

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