NASA astronaut photography depiction of the spatial and temporal characteristics of biomass burning

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1971-1986

  Glasser, M E ^a   Lulla, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE TECHNOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034042458     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160050021240     Document Type: Article

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