Measuring the specific surface area of wet snow using 1310 nm reflectance

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1139-1148

  Gallet, J C ^a   Domine, F ^b   Dumont, M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; GRAIN SIZE; OPTICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; REFLECTANCE; SNOW; SURFACE AREA; VOLUME;

EID: 84903758265     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1139-2014     Document Type: Article

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