Aircraft measurements of surface Albedo in relation to climatic changes in southern Israel

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 207-215

  Ben Gai, T ^a   Bitan, A ^a   Manes, A ^b   Alpert, P ^a   Israeli, A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Israel Ministry of Transport and Road Safety   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0032429104     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050065     Document Type: Article

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