Melting probes as a means to explore planetary glaciers and ice caps

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 305-308

  Komle N I ^a   Kargl, G ^a   Steller, M ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); ICE; MELTING; MIXTURES; NITROGEN; SATELLITES; WATER;

POWER CONSUMPTION;

GLACIERS;

EID: 0036766369     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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