Southern Africa as a remote sensing test bed: The SAFARI 2000 special issue overview

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4141-4158

  Privette, Jeffrey L ^a   Roy, David P ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE SENSORS; LANDFORMS; SATELLITES;

REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; SATELLITE SENSORS; SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL SCIENCE INITIATIVE (SAFARI);

REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 30344481124     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500113401     Document Type: Review

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