Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-217-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-217-2013
Research article
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06 Feb 2013
Research article |  | 06 Feb 2013

Thermal conductivity of snow measured by three independent methods and anisotropy considerations

F. Riche and M. Schneebeli

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