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Modelling the climate and surface mass balance of polar ice sheets using RACMO2 – Part 2: Antarctica (1979–2016)
Jan Melchior van Wessem
Willem Jan van de Berg
Brice P. Y. Noël
Erik van Meijgaard
Charles Amory
Gerit Birnbaum
Constantijn L. Jakobs
Konstantin Krüger
Jan T. M. Lenaerts
Stef Lhermitte
Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg
Brooke Medley
Carleen H. Reijmer
Kristof van Tricht
Luke D. Trusel
Lambertus H. van Ulft
Bert Wouters
Jan Wuite
Michiel R. van den Broeke
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