Methane emission modelling from wetlands and waterlogged areas using MODIS data

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Agarwal, Reshu ^a   Garg, J K ^b  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Emission; Land surface temperature; Methane; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 60349098032     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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