An improved method for determining snowmelt onset dates over Arctic sea ice using scanning multichannel microwave radiometer and Special Sensor Microwave/Imager data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D20, 2001, Pages 24033-24049

  Drobot, Sheldon D ^a   Anderson, Mark R ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0035197797     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000545     Document Type: Article

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