Measured Horizontal Temperature Gradients Constrain Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Greenland Ice
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0094-8276,1944-8007
DOI: 10.1002/2017gl074917