Sensitivity of EVI-based harmonic regression to temporal resolution in the lower Okavango Delta

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 7703-7726

  Mishra, Niti B ^a   Crews, Kelley A ^a   Neuenschwander, Amy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 84909996538     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.701348     Document Type: Article

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