Articles | Volume 7, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-961-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-961-2013
Research article
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20 Jun 2013
Research article |  | 20 Jun 2013

Snow specific surface area simulation using the one-layer snow model in the Canadian LAnd Surface Scheme (CLASS)

A. Roy, A. Royer, B. Montpetit, P. A. Bartlett, and A. Langlois

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