Use of remote sensing and GIS in mapping the environmental sensitivity areas for desertification of Egyptian territory
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Use of remote sensing and GIS in mapping the environmental sensitivity areas for desertification of Egyptian territory A. Gad and I. Lotfy National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Egypt Received: 25 January 2008 – Accepted: 6 May 2008 – Published: 4 June 2008 Correspondence to: A. Gad ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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