A remote sensing based monitoring system for discrimination between climate and human-induced vegetation change in Central Asia

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 579-596

  Propastin, P A ^a,b   Kappas, M ^a   Muratova, N R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Climatology; Deserts; Environmental management; Landforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849107730     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830810894256     Document Type: Article

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