Earlier famine warning possible using remote sensing and models

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Volumn 88, Issue 39, 2007, Pages 381-382

  Brown, Molly E ^a   Funk, Christopher C ^b   Galu, Gideon ^c   Choularton, Richard ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FAMINE; FOOD AID; FOOD SECURITY; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 35348947026     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO390001     Document Type: Article

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