Heat island study in the area of rome by integrated use of ERS-SAR and landsat TM

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 414 PART 1, 1997, Pages 305-308

  Abbate, Giulia ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Land remote sensing; Multisensor analysis; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244280697     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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