Articles | Volume 6, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1463-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1463-2012
Research article
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07 Dec 2012
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2012

Calibration of a surface mass balance model for global-scale applications

R. H. Giesen and J. Oerlemans

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