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Seasonal variation in grass water content estimated from proximal sensing and MODIS time series in a Mediterranean Fluxnet site
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Albasanz 26–28, 28037, Madrid, Spain
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark
Associated Research Unit GEOLAB2 & 6
M. Pilar Martín
Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Albasanz 26–28, 28037, Madrid, Spain
Associated Research Unit GEOLAB2 & 6
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 14080 Córdoba, Spain
J. Pacheco-Labrador
Instituto de Economía, Geografía y Demografía, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Albasanz 26–28, 28037, Madrid, Spain
Associated Research Unit GEOLAB2 & 6
S. Jurdao
Associated Research Unit GEOLAB2 & 6
Department of Geography and Geology, University of Alcalá, Calle Colegios 2, 28801, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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