The growth of sublimation crystals and surface hoar on the Antarctic plateau

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1205-1215

  Gallet, J C ^a,b,c   Domine, F ^b,c,d   Savarino, J ^b,c   Dumont, M ^e   Brun, E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CRYSTAL; ENERGY BUDGET; HOAR FROST; SUBLIMATION; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84904319268     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1205-2014     Document Type: Article

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