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A data set of worldwide glacier length fluctuations
P. W. Leclercq
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, Utrecht, the Netherlands
now at: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
J. Oerlemans
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5, Utrecht, the Netherlands
H. J. Basagic
Department of Geology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207, USA
I. Bushueva
Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
A. J. Cook
Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
R. Le Bris
Department of Geography, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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