Monitoring vegetation using nimbus-7 scanning multichannel microwave radiometer’s data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 533-538

  Choudhury, B J ^a   Tucker, C J ^a   Golus, R E ^b   Newcomb, W W ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Science Applications Research ^*  (United States)

^c RMS Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY - MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - MONITORING; RADIOMETERS - APPLICATIONS; SATELLITES - EQUIPMENT;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; NIMBUS-7 SATELLITE; VEGETATION MONITORING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0023163631     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168708948660     Document Type: Article

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