Uncertainty in snow mass retrievals from satellite passive microwave data in lake-rich high-latitude environments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1019-1022

  Rees, Andrew ^a   Derksen, Chris ^b   English, Michael ^a   Walker, Anne ^b   Duguay, Claude ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 33644913685     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6076     Document Type: Note

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