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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1445-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1445-2012
Research article
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06 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 06 Dec 2012

The footprint of Asian monsoon dynamics in the mass and energy balance of a Tibetan glacier

T. Mölg, F. Maussion, W. Yang, and D. Scherer

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