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Research Article

Contemporary and historical detection of small lakes using super resolution Landsat imagery: promise and peril

Ethan D. KyzivatDepartment of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences and Institute at Brown for Environment & Society, Brown University, Providence, RI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Laurence. C SmithDepartment of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences and Institute at Brown for Environment & Society, Brown University, Providence, RI, USAView further author information
Article: 2207288 | Received 19 Dec 2022, Accepted 22 Apr 2023, Published online: 09 May 2023

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