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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3833-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3833-2024
Brief communication
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11 Nov 2024
Brief communication |  | 11 Nov 2024

Brief communication: Monitoring impending slope failure with very high-resolution spaceborne synthetic aperture radar

Andrea Manconi, Yves Bühler, Andreas Stoffel, Johan Gaume, Qiaoping Zhang, and Valentyn Tolpekin

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