Generating Global Products of LAI and FPAR From SNPP-VIIRS Data: Theoretical Background and Implementation

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  2018

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  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

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  2018-01-03

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  Computer Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1109/TGRS.2017.2775247
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