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spellingShingle Magnússon, E., Muñoz-Cobo Belart, J., Pálsson, F., Ágústsson, H., Crochet, P., The Cryosphere, Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland, Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology
title Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
title_full Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
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title_full_unstemmed Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
title_short Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
title_sort geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – case study from drangajökull ice cap, nw iceland
title_unstemmed Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland
topic Earth-Surface Processes, Water Science and Technology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-159-2016