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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1975-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1975-2014
Research article
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27 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 27 Oct 2014

1D-Var multilayer assimilation of X-band SAR data into a detailed snowpack model

X. V. Phan, L. Ferro-Famil, M. Gay, Y. Durand, M. Dumont, S. Morin, S. Allain, G. D'Urso, and A. Girard

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