Modeling the impact of snow drift on the decameter-scale variability of snow properties on the Antarctic Plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11,662-11,681

  Libois, Quentin ^a,b   Picard, Ghislain ^a,b   Arnaud, Laurent ^a,b   Morin, Samuel ^c   Brun, Eric ^d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

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EID: 85018214613     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022361     Document Type: Article

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