Articles | Volume 8, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-689-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-689-2014
Research article
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17 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 17 Apr 2014

Modeling near-surface firn temperature in a cold accumulation zone (Col du Dôme, French Alps): from a physical to a semi-parameterized approach

A. Gilbert, C. Vincent, D. Six, P. Wagnon, L. Piard, and P. Ginot

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