Articles | Volume 7, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-657-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-657-2013
Research article
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05 Apr 2013
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2013

Theoretical study of solar light reflectance from vertical snow surfaces

O. V. Nikolaeva and A. A. Kokhanovsky

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