Application of remote sensing and GIS for evaluation of the recent morphological characteristics of the lower Brahmaputra-Jamuna River, Bangladesh

Earth Science Informatics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 551-568

  Bhuiyan, Mohammad A H ^a,b   Kumamoto, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra Jamuna River; Channel planform; GIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHANNEL; DATA SET; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BANGLADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; JAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 84940959080     PISSN: 18650473     EISSN: 18650481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-014-0180-4     Document Type: Article

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