Monitoring desertification using EO technologies: Experience of the ESA due desertwatch project

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 302-305

  Paganini, M ^a   Pace, G ^b   Castracane, P ^b   Del Barrio, G ^c   Van Delden, H ^d   Iannetta, M ^e   Hill, J ^f   Zucca, C ^g   Fernandez Prieto, D ^a  

^a ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^b Advanced Computer Systems SpA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d Research Institute for Knowledge Systems (RIKS)   (Netherlands)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; WEATHERING;

INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED SOFTWARE; PORTUGAL; REMOTE SENSING TOOLS; TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER; USER FRIENDLY; USER NEED;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 77950961759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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