Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1803-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1803-2013
Research article
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26 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 26 Nov 2013

Influence of grain shape on light penetration in snow

Q. Libois, G. Picard, J. L. France, L. Arnaud, M. Dumont, C. M. Carmagnola, and M. D. King

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