Estimating alpine snowpack properties using FMCW radar

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-162

  Marshall, Hans Peter ^a,b   Koh, Gary ^c   Forster, Richard R ^d  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^c Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK;

EID: 30944440051     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781813500     Document Type: Article

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