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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1607-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1607-2014
Research article
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28 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 28 Aug 2014

Sensitivity of CryoSat-2 Arctic sea-ice freeboard and thickness on radar-waveform interpretation

R. Ricker, S. Hendricks, V. Helm, H. Skourup, and M. Davidson

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