Relationship between herbicide concentration during the 1960s and 1970s and the contemporary MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) for southern Vietnam

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 929-939

  Dash, J ^a   Curran, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; MERIS; MTCI; Vegetation condition

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBICIDE; MERIS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33749007402     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 17417546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810600816805     Document Type: Article

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