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6. Acknowledgements
The MODIS Level 1B data downloaded from the website of NASA MODIS products and the
vector data from National Fundamental Geographic Information System of China are highly
appreciated. The authors would like to thank Mr. Xianzhi Hu for his help of image pre-
processing. The research was partially supported by the Yuen Yuen Remote Sensing
Scholarship at ISEIS of CUHK and CUHK Direct Grants.
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