Brief communication: Monitoring snow depth using small, cheap, and easy-to-deploy snow–ground interface temperature sensors

Bachand, Claire L.; Wang, Chen; Dafflon, Baptiste; Thomas, Lauren N.; Shirley, Ian; Maebius, Sarah; Iversen, Colleen M.; Bennett, Katrina E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-393-2025

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-393-2025

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

Brief communication

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28 Jan 2025

Brief communication |

| 28 Jan 2025

Brief communication: Monitoring snow depth using small, cheap, and easy-to-deploy snow–ground interface temperature sensors

Claire L. Bachand, Chen Wang, Baptiste Dafflon, Lauren N. Thomas, Ian Shirley, Sarah Maebius, Colleen M. Iversen, and Katrina E. Bennett

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