Integrated Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Based RUSLE Modelling for Estimation of Soil Loss in Western Himalaya, India

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3307-3317

  Kumar, Amit ^a   Devi, Mamta ^b   Deshmukh, Benidhar ^c  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; DEM; Length of slope; NDVI; Rainfall erosivity; Soil erodibility; Soil loss; Support parameter

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION PRACTICES; DEM; LENGTH OF SLOPE; NDVI; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; SOIL ERODIBILITY; SOIL LOSS; SUPPORT PARAMETERS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSIVITY; FOREST COVER; GIS; GRASSLAND; MOUNTAIN REGION; NDVI; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SCRUB; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; KANGRA;

EID: 84903648898     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0680-5     Document Type: Article

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