Can we estimate precipitation rate during snowfall using a scanning terrestrial LiDAR?
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Edward H. Bair*, Robert E. Davis, David C. Finnegan, Adam L. LeWinter, Ethan Guttmann, and Jeff Dozier 1 US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA 2 Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 3 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA 4 Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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