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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1769-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1769-2013
Research article
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19 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2013

Seasonal and annual mass balances of Mera and Pokalde glaciers (Nepal Himalaya) since 2007

P. Wagnon, C. Vincent, Y. Arnaud, E. Berthier, E. Vuillermoz, S. Gruber, M. Ménégoz, A. Gilbert, M. Dumont, J. M. Shea, D. Stumm, and B. K. Pokhrel

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