Vineyards in Terraced Landscapes: New Opportunities from Lidar Data

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 92-102

  Tarolli, Paolo ^a   Sofia, Giulia ^a   Calligaro, Simone ^a   Prosdocimi, Massimo ^a   Preti, Federico ^b   Dalla Fontana, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

High resolution topography; Lidar; Soil erosion; Terraces; Vineyards

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; EROSION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; OPTICAL RADAR; SCHEDULING; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES; SOIL EROSION; TERRACES; VINEYARDS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; LANDSCAPE; LIDAR; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABILITY; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY; VINEYARD;

EUROPE;

VITACEAE;

EID: 84921029064     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2311     Document Type: Article

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