The surface albedo of the Greenland ice sheet: Satellite-derived and in situ measurements in the Søndre Strømfjord area during the 1991 melt season

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 42, Issue 141, 1996, Pages 364-374

  Knap, Wouter H ^a   Oerlemans, Johannes ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBEDO; AVHRR; ICE SHEET;

GREENLAND, SONDRE STROMFJORD;

EID: 0030435070     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000004214     Document Type: Article

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