New Directions in Earth Observing: Scientific Applications of Multiangle Remote Sensing

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2209-2228

  Diner, David J ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Davies, Roger ^c   Knyazikhin, Yuri ^d   Muller, Jan Peter ^e   Nolin, Anne W ^f   Pinty, Bernard ^g   Schaaf, Crystal B ^d   Stroeve, Julienne ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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EID: 0000821855     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<2209:NDIEOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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