A global 9-yr biophysical land surface dataset from NOAA AVHRR data

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-199

  Los, Sietse O ^a   Collatz, G J ^a   Sellers, P J ^b   Malmstrom C M ^c   Pollack, N H ^a   DeFries, R S ^d   Bounoua, L ^a,d   Parris, M T ^a   Tucker, C J ^a   Dazlich, D A ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0034165438     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0183:AGYBLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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