- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10048798
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 24
- ISSN:
- 0094-8276
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 12,501-12,510
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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