Earth-System Science

A Companion to Environmental Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-167

  Wainwright, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bretherton's methodological statement, employing remote sensing; Concerning vital matter of environmental quality physical geography, a core discipline; Emphases in remote sensing science developing new products; First specific use of Earth System Science Francis Bretherton; International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP); National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR); Physical geography, once taught to general students an endangered species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889970639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305722.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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