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Glacial change is an important part of global change. Its evolutionary process directly reflects global climate change, and its data features high resolutions, a large amount of information, and high fidelity.

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    Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu & Guang Liu

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Guo, H., Fu, W., Liu, G. (2019). Glacier Satellite. In: Scientific Satellite and Moon-Based Earth Observation for Global Change. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8031-0_13

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