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Response to van der Meer.

Gail V Ashton1, David K A Barnes2, Simon A Morley2

  • 1British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 3150 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920, USA.

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|December 20, 2017
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