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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2685-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2685-2017
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08 Jun 2017
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2017

A multi-sensor data-driven methodology for all-sky passive microwave inundation retrieval

Zeinab Takbiri, Ardeshir M. Ebtehaj, and Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

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