Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-149-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-149-2017
Research article
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15 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 15 Mar 2017

Soil salinity mapping and hydrological drought indices assessment in arid environments based on remote sensing techniques

Mohamed Elhag and Jarbou A. Bahrawi

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The current work is aimed at the quantification of the hydrological drought indices' response to soil salinity. Work has been done to overcome the problems of soil salinity on a large scale for better water resource management, especially in arid environments.