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Use of remote sensing for irrigation scheduling in arid lands of Saudi Arabia

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    Yousef A. Al-Rumkhani & Saif Ud Din

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Al-Rumkhani, Y.A., Din, S.U. Use of remote sensing for irrigation scheduling in arid lands of Saudi Arabia. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 32, 225–233 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03030879

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