Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-287-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-287-2012
Research article
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15 Mar 2012
Research article |  | 15 Mar 2012

Use of a thermal imager for snow pit temperatures

C. Shea, B. Jamieson, and K. W. Birkeland

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