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Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-747-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-747-2024
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20 Feb 2024
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2024

Bayesian physical–statistical retrieval of snow water equivalent and snow depth from X- and Ku-band synthetic aperture radar – demonstration using airborne SnowSAr in SnowEx'17

Siddharth Singh, Michael Durand, Edward Kim, and Ana P. Barros

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