Irreducible water saturation in snow: experimental results in a cold laboratory

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 26, Issue , 1998, Pages 64-68

  Coléou, Cécile ^a   Lesaffre, Bernard ^a  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

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Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SNOW; WATER SATURATION;

EID: 0344474542     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998aog26-1-64-68     Document Type: Article

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