The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)

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Final published version including significant revisions. Twenty four pages, fourteen figures. Original version April 2006; final version published in MNRAS August 2007

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 379
Issue: 4
Pages: 1599-1617
Citations: 2306
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                                    A.B. Lawrence, 
                                
                                    S. J. Warren, 
                                
                                    O. Almaini
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS). 
                            Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
                            , 379
                            (4)
                            , 1599-1617.
                            https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12040.x
                        

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12040.x