Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-2365-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-2365-2012
Research article
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30 Jul 2012
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2012

MODIS snow cover mapping accuracy in a small mountain catchment – comparison between open and forest sites

J. Parajka, L. Holko, Z. Kostka, and G. Blöschl

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