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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-737-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-737-2022
Research article
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03 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2022

Overestimation and adjustment of Antarctic ice flow velocity fields reconstructed from historical satellite imagery

Rongxing Li, Yuan Cheng, Haotian Cui, Menglian Xia, Xiaohan Yuan, Zhen Li, Shulei Luo, and Gang Qiao

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Historical velocity maps of the Antarctic ice sheet are valuable for long-term ice flow dynamics...
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