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Brief communication
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26 May 2014
Brief communication |
| 26 May 2014
Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow
O. Meinander
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Arctic Research Center, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, Finland
A. Virkkula
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Kuopio Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland
L. Backman
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
P. Dagsson-Waldhauserová
University of Iceland, Department of Physics, Reykjavik, Iceland
Agricultural University of Iceland, Faculty of Environment, Hvanneyri, Iceland
O. Järvinen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
T. Manninen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J. Svensson
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
G. de Leeuw
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
M. Leppäranta
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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