The amazon floodplain through radar eyes: Lago grande de monte alegre case study

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Costa, Maycira P De F ^a   De Moraes Novo, Evlyn Marcia Leao ^a   Mitsuo, Fernando ^a   Mantovani, Jose E ^a   Ahern, Frank ^b   Ballester, Maria V ^c   Pietsch, Ron W ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c Centro de Energia Nuclear para a Agricuitura   (Brazil)

^d Dendron Resources Surveys Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 0001130314     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1998.10874698     Document Type: Article

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