A user-driven approach to determining critical earth observation priorities for societal benefit

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1594-1602

  Zell, Erica ^a   Huff, Amy K ^a   Carpenter, Adam T ^b   Friedl, Lawrence A ^c  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b American Water Works Association   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth Observing System; environmental factors; geoscience; international collaboration; remote sensing; social factors

Indexed keywords

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GEOSCIENCES; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; SOCIAL FACTOR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; DIGITAL STORAGE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

OBSERVATORIES;

DATA PROCESSING; EARTH SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; EOS; META-ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84872091894     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2199467     Document Type: Article

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