Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-405-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-5-405-2011
Research article
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18 May 2011
Research article |  | 18 May 2011

Point observations of liquid water content in wet snow – investigating methodical, spatial and temporal aspects

F. Techel and C. Pielmeier

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