Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-623-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-623-2016
Research article
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16 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2016

Microwave snow emission modeling uncertainties in boreal and subarctic environments

Alexandre Roy, Alain Royer, Olivier St-Jean-Rondeau, Benoit Montpetit, Ghislain Picard, Alex Mavrovic, Nicolas Marchand, and Alexandre Langlois

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