Environmental Science
4 years ago

New Method Maps Severity of Desertification in Depleted Aquifers

Hydrology
Quantitative Classification of Desertification Severity for Degraded Aquifer Based on Remotely Sensed Drought Assessment
Pantelis Sidiropoulos, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Athanasios Loukas, Nikitas Mylopoulos, Marios Spiliotopoulos, Ioannis Faraslis, Nikos Alpanakis, Stavros Sakellariou

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