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Springer Praxis Books Geophysical Sciences
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Jeffrey S. Kargel • Gregory J. Leonard Michael P. Bishop • Andreas Ka¨a¨b Bruce H. Raup Editors
Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
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Editors Jeffrey S. Kargel Department of Hydrology and Water Resources University of Arizona Tucson, AZ USA Gregory J. Leonard Department of Hydrology and Water Resources Global Land Ice Measurements from Space University of Arizona Tuscon, AZ USA
Andreas Kääb Department of Geosciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway Bruce H. Raup University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO USA
Michael P. Bishop Department of Geography Texas A&M University College Station, TX USA
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Contents
Dedication
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List of contributors
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Foreword by Hugh H. Kieffer
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Acknowledgments
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