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AUC GEOGRAPHICA, Vol 59 No 2 (2024), 184–202
The Belvedere Glacier elevation change between 1951 and 2023
Lukáš Brodský, Shruti Pancholi, Susanne Schmidt, Marcus Nüsser, Roberto Sergio Azzoni, Gianluca Tronti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2024.22
published online: 19. 12. 2024
keywords: glacier; remote sensing; elevation change; glacier melt
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