Parameterizing anisotropic reflectance of snow surfaces from airborne digital camera observations in Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: T. Carlsen, G. Birnbaum, A. Ehrlich, V. Helm, E. Jäkel, M. Schäfer, M. Wendisch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Arctic; Austral; Kohnen; Kohnen Station; Sastrugi; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3959-2020; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/3959/2020/tc-14-3959-2020.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/7004077e7fd9425f922070321ebb82ec

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