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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-85-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-85-2016
Research article
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14 Apr 2016
Research article |  | 14 Apr 2016

Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment for the development of snow emission modelling

William Maslanka, Leena Leppänen, Anna Kontu, Mel Sandells, Juha Lemmetyinen, Martin Schneebeli, Martin Proksch, Margret Matzl, Henna-Reetta Hannula, and Robert Gurney

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The paper presents the initial findings of the Arctic Snow Microstructure Experiment in Sodankylä, Finland. The experiment observed the microwave emission of extracted snow slabs on absorbing and reflecting bases. Snow parameters were recorded to simulate the emission upon those bases using two different emission models. The smallest simulation errors were associated with the absorbing base at vertical polarization. The observations will be used for the development of snow emission modelling.
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