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Research Article

A method for monitoring glacial loss and temperature variation using satellite observations: Case study of Pico de Orizaba and Iztaccíhuatl (Mexico)

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Pages 379-396 | Received 19 Apr 2019, Accepted 22 Jul 2019, Published online: 03 Sep 2019

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