Monitoring seasonal variations in boreal ecosystems using multi-temporal spaceborne SAR Data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 96-109

  Kasischke, Eric S ^a,b   Morrissey, Leslie ^c   Way, Jobea ^d   French, Nancy H F ^a   Bourceau Chavez, Laura L ^a   Ricnot, Eric ^d   Stearn, Joel A ^c   Livingston, Gerald P ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 1542709452     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.1995.10874605     Document Type: Article

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