Variability of snow depth and SWE in a small mountain catchment
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Spatial and temporal variability of snow depth and SWE in a small mountain catchment T. Grünewald, M. Schirmer, R. Mott, and M. Lehning WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland Received: 22 December 2009 – Accepted: 23 December 2009 – Published: 13 January 2010 Correspondence to: T. Grünewald ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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