Evaluation of radarsat for land use and land cover dynamics in the southwestern brazilian amazon state of acre

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 350-359

  Kux, Hermann J H ^a   Dos Santos, João Roberto ^a   Ahern, Frank J ^b   Pietsch, Ron W ^c   Pardi Lacruz, María Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c Dendron Resources Ltd   (Canada)

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EID: 0005218934     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1998.10874699     Document Type: Article

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