Upper limit of climatic monthly maximum snow depth in wet snow region
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0373-1006,1883-6267
DOI: 10.5331/seppyo.68.179