Tools for atmospheric radiative transfer: STREAMER and FLUXNET

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 443-451

  Key, Jeffrey R ^a   Schweiger, Axel J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0032525630     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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