Land capability classification of some western desert Oases, Egypt, using remote sensing and GIS

Two desert Oases (i.e. Al-Kharga and Al-Dakhla), located in the western desert of Egypt, were selected as case studies. Soil, ETM+ satellite images, climatic and landscape database, were integrated through a GIS model. Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was elaborated using SRTM space images, in addition...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abd-Alla Gad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982315000253