Characterizing land surface anisotropy from avhrr data at a global scale using high performance computing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2171-2191

  Kalluri, S N V ^a,c   Zhang, Z ^b   Jaja J ^a   Townshend, J R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0041831174     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160121422     Document Type: Article

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