Remote sensing of snow cover

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 2005, Pages 7-38

  Scherer, Dieter ^a   Hall, Dorothy K ^b   Hochschild, Volker ^c   König, Max ^d   Winther, Jan Gunnar ^d   Duguay, Claude R ^e   Pivot, Frédérique ^f   Mätzler, Christian ^g   Rau, Frank ^h   Seidel, Klaus ⁱ   Solberg, Rune ^j   Walker, Anne E ^k  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j NORWEGIAN COMPUTING CENTER   (Norway)

^k ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 85016373785     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/163GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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