Scale patterns of the Sentinel-1 SAR-based snow depth product compared with station measurements and airborne LiDAR observations

Ying, Jiajie; Yang, Jianwei; Jiang, Lingmei; Pan, Jinmei; Xiong, Chuan

doi:10.5194/tc-20-227-2026

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Scale patterns of the Sentinel-1 SAR-based snow depth product compared with station measurements and airborne LiDAR observations

Jiajie Ying, Jianwei Yang, Lingmei Jiang, Jinmei Pan, and Chuan Xiong

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