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Research article
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14 Oct 2011
Research article |
| 14 Oct 2011
Retrieval of snow grain size and albedo of western Himalayan snow cover using satellite data
H. S. Negi
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, O. Hahn Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment, Him Parisar, Sector-37A, Chandigarh 160 036, India
A. Kokhanovsky
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, O. Hahn Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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