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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1997-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1997-2023
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12 May 2023
Research article |  | 12 May 2023

Estimating snow accumulation and ablation with L-band interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)

Jack Tarricone, Ryan W. Webb, Hans-Peter Marshall, Anne W. Nolin, and Franz J. Meyer

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