A Study to Explore the Use of Orbital Remote Sensing to Determine Native Arid Plant Distribution
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Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of ArizonaCollege of Earth Sciences, University of Arizona
Issue Date
1974-08Keywords
Vegetation surveys -- Remote sensing.Botany -- Arizona -- Remote sensing.
Botany -- Arid regions -- Remote sensing.
Remote sensing -- Arizona.
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"Last biannual progress report and final report describing work under NASA contract no. NAS5-21812."Collections
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