A comparison of supraglacial lake observations derived from MODIS imagery at the western margin of the Greenland ice sheet

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 59, Issue 218, 2013, Pages 1179-1188

  Leeson, Amber A ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Sundal, Aud V ^a   Johansson, A Malin ^b,e   Selmes, Nick ^c   Briggs, Kate ^a   Hogg, Anna E ^a   Fettweis, Xavier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84894160211     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013JoG13J064     Document Type: Article

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