Completing the world glacier inventory

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 144-148

  Ohmura, Atsumu ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INVENTORY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; CANADIAN CORDILLERA; GREENLAND;

EID: 77249107626     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595840     Document Type: Article

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