Measuring the planet to fill terrestrial data gaps

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 49, 2009, Pages 20557-20558

  Grainger, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ASTRONOMY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL CHANGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; EARTH (PLANET); FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 73949152532     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912298107     Document Type: Note

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