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Volume 6, issue 6
The Cryosphere, 6, 1445-1461, 2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1445-2012
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The Cryosphere, 6, 1445-1461, 2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1445-2012
© Author(s) 2012. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1445-2012
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Research article 06 Dec 2012
Research article | 06 Dec 2012
The footprint of Asian monsoon dynamics in the mass and energy balance of a Tibetan glacier
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