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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1373-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1373-2015
Research article
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30 Jul 2015
Research article |  | 30 Jul 2015

Comparison between observed and simulated aeolian snow mass fluxes in Adélie Land, East Antarctica

C. Amory, A. Trouvilliez, H. Gallée, V. Favier, F. Naaim-Bouvet, C. Genthon, C. Agosta, L. Piard, and H. Bellot

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