Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-257-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-257-2014
Research article
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20 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2014

Solving Richards Equation for snow improves snowpack meltwater runoff estimations in detailed multi-layer snowpack model

N. Wever, C. Fierz, C. Mitterer, H. Hirashima, and M. Lehning

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