Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1367-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1367-2018
Research article
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16 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 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, Delphine Six, Christian Vincent, Antoine Rabatel, Marie Dumont, Matthieu Lafaysse, Samuel Morin, Vincent Vionnet, and Maxime Litt

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