Digital mapping of soil properties using multivariate statistical analysis and ASTER data in an Arid region

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1181-1205

  Nawar, Said ^a,b   Buddenbaum, Henning ^c   Hill, Joachim ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASTER; Digital soil mapping; Egypt; MARS; PLSR; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAPPING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOIL SURVEYS;

ASTER; DIGITAL SOIL MAPPINGS; EGYPT; MARS; PLSR; SOIL PROPERTY;

SOILS;

EID: 84928820813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70201181     Document Type: Article

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