Satellite-derived green vegetation fraction for the use in numerical weather prediction models

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 477-480

  Gutman, G ^a   Ignatov, A ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; GREEN VEGETATION; NDVI;

EID: 0030660530     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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