Snow Depth Variations Estimated from GPS-Reflectometry: A Case Study in Alaska from L2P SNR Data
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1 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Space Navigation and Positioning Techniques, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China; [email protected] 2 Department of Geomatics Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak 67100, Turkey; [email protected] 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100047, China * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected]; Tel.: +86-21-3477-5292; Fax: +86-21-6438-4618
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Remote Sensing
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016