Inundation patterns in the Pantanal wetland of South America determined from passive microwave remote sensing

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-23

  Hamilton, Stephen K ^a,b   Sippel, Suzanne J ^a,b   Melack, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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