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Download fileDepth, bottom elevation, and bottom gradient of the two subglacial channels indicated in Fig 1 (channel A-B and channel C-D).
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posted on 09.09.2021, 17:30 by Sergio Fagherazzi, Luca Baticci, Christine M. Brandon, Maria Cristina RulliThe numbers refer to lateral tributaries discharging in the main trunk (see Fig 1). The red lines are a second order polynomial interpolation of the bottom elevation (parabola).
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