Articles | Volume 8, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-319-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-319-2014
Research article
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28 Feb 2014
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2014

Gas diffusivity and permeability through the firn column at Summit, Greenland: measurements and comparison to microstructural properties

A. C. Adolph and M. R. Albert

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Adolph, A. and Albert, M. R.: An improved technique to measure firn diffusivity, Int. J. Heat Mass Tran., 61, 598–604, 2013.
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Albert, M. R., Shultz, E. F., and Perron, F. E.: Snow and firn permeability at Siple Dome, Antarctica, Ann. Glaciol., 31, 353–356, 2000.
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