Integrated approach for groundwater exploration in Wadi Araba using remote sensing and GIS

Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-243

  El Naqa, Ali ^a   Hammouri, Nezar ^a   Ibrahim, Khalil ^a   El Taj, Masdouq ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

GIS; Groundwater exploration; Integrated approach; Jordan; Remote sensing; Wadi Araba

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; INTEGRATED CONTROL; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER RESOURCES;

EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER POTENTIALS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; JORDAN; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; WADI ARABA;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84975756481     PISSN: 19930461     EISSN: 2225157X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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