Prioritization of catchments based on soil erosion using remote sensing and GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Khadse, Gajanan K ^a   Vijay, Ritesh ^a   Labhasetwar, Pawan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Catchment; Catchment area treatment; Geographic Information System; Prioritization; Remote sensing; Silt yield index; Universal soil loss equation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILT; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENT AREA; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CATCHMENT; GIS; PRIORITIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SILT; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84929224398     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4545-z     Document Type: Article

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