The evolution of U.S. moderate resolution optical land remote sensing from AVHRR to VIIRS

Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 781-806

  Justice, Christopher O ^a   Vermote, Eric ^a   Privette, Jeff ^a   Sei, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84979928344     PISSN: 15673200     EISSN: 22151842     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6749-7_34     Document Type: Chapter

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