Impact of clouds on surface radiative fluxes and snowmelt in the arctic and subarctic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2110-2123

  Zhang, T ^a   Stamnes, K ^a   Bowling, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; RADIATIVE FLUX; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0030407243     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2110:IOCOSR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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