Environmental and related applications

Advanced Geoinformation Science

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 303-349

  Aron, Joan L ^a   Luzzadder Beach, Sheryl ^b   Sun, Min ^b   Wang, Fahui ^c   Jackson, Laura E ^a   Susanke, Greg ^a   Washburn, Edward ^a   White, John ^a   Wong, David ^b   Yang, Chaowei ^b   Young, Stephen ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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