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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-345-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-345-2014
Research article
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03 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2014

A range correction for ICESat and its potential impact on ice-sheet mass balance studies

A. A. Borsa, G. Moholdt, H. A. Fricker, and K. M. Brunt

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