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Snow and ice on the land are important components of climate systems and a critical storage component in the hydrologic cycle as well. However, in situ observations of snow distribution are sparse, and remotely sensed products are imprecise and only available at a coarse spatial scale. In this chapter, the dry and wet snow monitoring from GNSS-R are presented as well as sea-ice condition.
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Jin, S., Cardellach, E., Xie, F. (2014). Cryospheric Sensing Using GNSS-R. In: GNSS Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7482-7_11
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