Surface area change detection of the Burullus Lagoon, North of the Nile Delta, Egypt, using water indices: A remote sensing approach

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-123

  El Asmar, Hesham M ^a   Hereher, Mohamed E ^a   El Kafrawy, Sameh B ^b  

^a Damietta University   (Egypt)

^b Marine Science Dept   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Burullus Lagoon; Nile Delta; Remote Sensing; Water Indices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; LAKES;

AGRICULTURAL PURPOSE; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; BURULLUS LAGOON; MODIFIED NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX (MNDWI); NILE DELTA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; WATER INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

DETECTION METHOD; DISCHARGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAGOON; OPEN WATER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BURULLUS LAGOON; EGYPT; KAFR ASH SHAYKH; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84880922406     PISSN: 11109823     EISSN: 20902476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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