Rapid Assessment of Annual Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Using MODIS Data
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Rapid Assessment of Annual Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Using MODIS Data
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عنوان ژورنال: Earth Interactions
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1087-3562
DOI: 10.1175/ei139.1