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Mapping of land degradation from space: a comparative study of Landsat ETM+ and ASTER data

Jay Gao School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yansui Liu Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Pages 4029-4043 | Received 25 Jan 2007, Accepted 21 Dec 2007, Published online: 14 Jun 2008

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