Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-387-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-387-2014
Research article
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11 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2014

Limitations of using a thermal imager for snow pit temperatures

M. Schirmer and B. Jamieson

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