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12 Jul 2012
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Remote sensing-based estimation of gross primary production in a subalpine grassland
M. Rossini
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
S. Cogliati
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
M. Meroni
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Monitoring Agricultural Resources Unit, Ispra, VA, Italy
M. Migliavacca
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Risk Management Unit, Ispra, VA, Italy
M. Galvagno
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Valle d'Aosta, Sez. Agenti Fisici, Aosta, Italy
L. Busetto
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Forest Resources and Climate Unit, Ispra, VA, Italy
E. Cremonese
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Valle d'Aosta, Sez. Agenti Fisici, Aosta, Italy
T. Julitta
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
C. Siniscalco
Plant Biology Department, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
U. Morra di Cella
Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente della Valle d'Aosta, Sez. Agenti Fisici, Aosta, Italy
R. Colombo
Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Laboratory, DISAT, Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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