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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1051-2020
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20 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2020

Calving event size measurements and statistics of Eqip Sermia, Greenland, from terrestrial radar interferometry

Andrea Walter, Martin P. Lüthi, and Andreas Vieli

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