Mass and volume changes of Langjökull ice cap, Iceland, ∼1890 to 2009, deduced from old maps, satellite images and in situ mass balance measurements

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Volumn 2012, Issue 62, 2012, Pages 81-96

  Pálsson, Finnur ^a   Guðmundsson, Sverrir ^a   Björnsson, Helgi ^a   Berthier, Etienne ^b   Magnússon, Eyjólfur ^a   Guðmundsson, Snævarr ^a   Haraldsson, Hannes H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Landsvirkjun   (Iceland)

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