Evaluation of the HUT modified snow emission model over lake ice using airborne passive microwave measurements
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a Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada b Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada c Climate Research Division, Environment Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario M3H 5T4, Canada d Finnish Meteorological Institute, Arctic Research, P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
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