Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-395-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-395-2014
Research article
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13 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 13 Mar 2014

Simulation of wind-induced snow transport and sublimation in alpine terrain using a fully coupled snowpack/atmosphere model

V. Vionnet, E. Martin, V. Masson, G. Guyomarc'h, F. Naaim-Bouvet, A. Prokop, Y. Durand, and C. Lac

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