Land cover and global productivity: A measurement strategy for the NASA programme

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 1491-1512

  Janetos, A C ^a,b   Justice, C O ^c  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; PRODUCTIVITY; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0034656140     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210281     Document Type: Article

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