Snow water equivalent measurement in the Arctic based on cosmic ray neutron attenuation

Jitnikovitch, Anton; Marsh, Philip; Walker, Branden; Desilets, Darin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5227-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5227-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5227-2021

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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25 Nov 2021

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| 25 Nov 2021

Snow water equivalent measurement in the Arctic based on cosmic ray neutron attenuation

Anton Jitnikovitch, Philip Marsh, Branden Walker, and Darin Desilets

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