Assessing Performance of Leaf Area Index in a Monitored Mountain Ecosystem on Mount Elgon-Uganda
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19 Application of AHP-GIS Technology to Assess Congestion Vulnerability, a Case Study of Ranchi City, India; Alok Bhushan Mukherjee, Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, India Akhouri Pramod Krishna, Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, India Nilanchal Patel, Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, India
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IJAGR
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017