High-resolution ice thickness and bed topography of a land-terminating section of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 331-338

  Lindback K ^a   Pettersson, R ^a   Doyle, S H ^b   Helanow, C ^c   Jansson, P ^c   Kristensen, S S ^d   Stenseng, L ^d   Forsberg, R ^d   Hubbard, A L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84907463602     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-331-2014     Document Type: Article

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