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16 Apr 2018
Research article |
| 16 Apr 2018
| 16 Apr 2018
Relative performance of empirical and physical models in assessing the seasonal and annual glacier surface mass balance of Saint-Sorlin Glacier (French Alps)
Marion Réveillet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
now at: Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), ULS-Campus Andrés Bello, Raúl Britan 1305, La Serena, Chile
Delphine Six
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
Christian Vincent
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
Antoine Rabatel
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
Marie Dumont
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Matthieu Lafaysse
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Samuel Morin
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Vincent Vionnet
Météo-France – CNRS, CNRM UMR 3589, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, France
Maxime Litt
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), 38000 Grenoble, France
ICIMOD, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal
Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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