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Research article
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22 Oct 2014
Research article |
| 22 Oct 2014
Using daily air temperature thresholds to evaluate snow melting occurrence and amount on Alpine glaciers by T-index models: the case study of the Forni Glacier (Italy)
A. Senese
Università degli Studi di Milano – "A. Desio" Department of Earth Sciences, via Mangiagalli 34, 20131 Milan, Italy
M. Maugeri
Università degli Studi di Milano – Department of Physics, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan, Italy
E. Vuillermoz
Ev-K2-CNR, via San Bernardino 145, 24126 Bergamo, Italy
C. Smiraglia
Università degli Studi di Milano – "A. Desio" Department of Earth Sciences, via Mangiagalli 34, 20131 Milan, Italy
Ev-K2-CNR, via San Bernardino 145, 24126 Bergamo, Italy
G. Diolaiuti
Università degli Studi di Milano – "A. Desio" Department of Earth Sciences, via Mangiagalli 34, 20131 Milan, Italy
Ev-K2-CNR, via San Bernardino 145, 24126 Bergamo, Italy
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