Satellite Observation of Biomass Burning Implications in Global Change Research

Earth Observation of Global Change: The Role of Satellite Remote Sensing in Monitoring the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 109-142

  Chuvieco, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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