Retrieval of land surface albedo from satellite observations: A simulation study

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 712-725

  Liang, Shunlin ^a   Strahler, Alan H ^b   Walthall, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND SURFACE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0032718437     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0712:ROLSAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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