Characterization and monitoring of tundra-taiga transition zone with multi-sensor satellite data

Eurasian Arctic Land Cover and Land Use in a Changing Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 53-77

  Sun, Guoqing ^a,b   Ranson, Kenneth J ^b   Kharuk, Viatcheslav I ^c   Im, Sergey T ^c   Naurzbaev, Mukhtar M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84866350551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9118-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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