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The Role of Remote Sensing in Land Surface Experiments within BAHC and ISLSCP

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The growing concern, both within the scientific community and governments, about the possibility of climate change induced by the continued expansion of human activities led to the establishment of major international programs devoted to issues of global change.

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Jochum, A., Kabat, P., Hutjes, R. (2000). The Role of Remote Sensing in Land Surface Experiments within BAHC and ISLSCP. In: Verstraete, M.M., Menenti, M., Peltoniemi, J. (eds) Observing Land from Space: Science, Customers and Technology. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48124-3_11

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