Radar measurements of snow: Experiment and analysis

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 864-879

  Kendra, John R ^a   Sarabandi, Kamal ^a   Ulaby, Fawwaz T ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0001607363     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.673679     Document Type: Article

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