Monitoring near-surface soil freeze-thaw cycles in northern China and Mongolia from 1998 to 2007

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 375-384

  Han, Lijian ^a   Tsunekawa, Atsushi ^a   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Near surface soil freeze thaw cycle; Northern china and mongolia; Passive microwave remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955030619     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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