Constraining the mass balance of East Antarctica
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منابع مشابه
Climate dependent contrast in surface mass balance in East Antarctica over the past 216kyr
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1002/2017gl072937