Response to Kerr et al.

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3821-3825

  Rasmussen, M S ^a   Selvam, V ^b   Sorensen M K ^c   Danielsen, F ^d   Olwig, M F ^c   Parish, F ^e  

^a Department for Public Administration and Law at the Danish consultancy company COWI   (Denmark)

^b M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^e Global Environment Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TSUNAMI; VEGETATION;

EID: 70449553159     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903046703     Document Type: Article

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