Spatial variability in the chemical composition of the snowcover at high alpine sites

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Schoner W ^a   Puxbaum, H ^b   Staudinger, M ^a   Maupetit, F ^c   Wagenbach, D ^d  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER HYDROLOGY; ION CONCENTRATION; SNOW CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030927957     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00863780     Document Type: Article

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