A comparison of methods for smoothing and gap filling time series of remote sensing observations - Application to MODIS LAI products

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4055-4071

  Kandasamy, S ^a   Baret, F ^a   Verger, A ^a,b   Neveux, P ^a   Weiss, M ^a  

^a UAPV   (France)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

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EID: 85118259703     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-4055-2013     Document Type: Article

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