Assessment of GCM simulated snow albedo using direct observations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 405-418

  Roesch, A ^a   Gilgen, H ^a   Wild, M ^a   Ohmura, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SNOW COVER;

EID: 0032821104     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050290     Document Type: Article

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