The influence of clouds on the radiation budget of ice and snow surfaces in Antartica and Greenland in summer

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1281-1296

  Bintanja, Richard ^a   Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Clouds; Greenland; Radiation; Snow and ice

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; ICE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0030419491     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199611)16:11<1281::aid-joc83>3.3.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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