The ERS-1 Central Africa Mosaic: A New Perspective in Radar Remote Sensing for the Global Monitoring of Vegetation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 1719-1729

  De Grandi, Gianfranco ^a   Malingreau, Jean Paul ^a   Leysen, Marc ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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EID: 33747820225     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.763294     Document Type: Article

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