GIS modelling of land degradation in Northern-Jordan using landsat imagery

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 35, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Essa, S ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Change detection; GIS; GPS; Multitemporal; Remote sensing; System

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ACCURACY; CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS; LINEAR MIXTURE MODELING; MULTI-TEMPORAL; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; SYSTEM;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85044532255     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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