Selecting the spatial resolution of satellite sensors required for global monitoring of land transformations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 187-236

  Townshend, J R G ^a   Justice, C O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT - MONITORING; SATELLITES - EQUIPMENT; SENSORS;

GLOBAL MONITORING; LAND TRANSFORMATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER (MODIS); SATELLITE SENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0023823002     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168808954847     Document Type: Article

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