Plane parallel albedo biases from satellite observations. Part I: dependence on resolution and other factors

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 919-932

  Oreopoulos, Lazaros ^a   Davies, Roger ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; GCM; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0031656790     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0919:PPABFS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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