Two-Stream Theory of Reflectance of Snow

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 63-68

  Choudhury, B J ^a   Chang, Alfred ^b  

^a Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW REFLECTANCE;

SNOW AND SNOWFALL;

EID: 0018495374     PISSN: 00189413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGE.1979.294614     Document Type: Article

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