The changing albedo of the Greenland ice sheet: Implications for climate modeling

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 25, Issue , 1997, Pages 51-57

  Nolin, Anne W ^a   Stroeve, Julienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOWPACK;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031400576     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/s0260305500013793     Document Type: Article

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