Monitoring the source of trans-national dust storms in north east Asia

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-129

  Tsolmon, R ^a   Ochirkhuyag, L ^a   Sternberg, T ^b  

^a NUM ITC UNESCO Remote Sensing GIS laboratory National University of Mongolia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avhrr noaa; Avi; Dust and sand storm; Modis terra

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936748853     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538940701782593     Document Type: Article

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