Seasonal velocities of eight major marine-terminating outlet glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet from continuous in situ GPS instruments

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-287

  Ahlstrom A P ^a   Andersen, S B ^a   Andersen, M L ^a   Machguth, H ^a   Nick, F M ^b,c   Joughin, I ^d   Reijmer, C H ^c   Van De Wal, R S W ^c   Merryman Boncori, J P ^e   Box, J E ^a,f   Citterio, M ^a   Van As, D ^a   Fausto, R S ^a   Hubbard, A ^g  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893009651     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-5-277-2013     Document Type: Article

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