Exploring the ambient environment for charland formation in Rajmahal downstream Ganga river of Eastern India in post Farakka barrage Period

Spatial Information Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 337-346

  Khatun, Shahana ^a   Das, Somen ^a   Pal, Swades ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOUR BANGA   (India)

Author keywords

Charland mapping; Farakka barrage; Flow consistency mapping; Flow depth mapping; Multi temporal remote sensing data; Search for new charlands

Indexed keywords

DAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

CHARLAND MAPPING; DOWN-STREAM; FARAKKA BARRAGE; FLOW CONSISTENCY MAPPING; FLOW DEPTH; FLOW DEPTH MAPPING; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING; MULTI-TEMPORAL REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEARCH FOR NEW CHARLAND;

MAPPING;

EID: 85078705034     PISSN: 23663286     EISSN: 23663294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s41324-018-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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