Numerical simulation of the atmospheric effects on snow Albedo with a multiple scattering radiative transfer model for the atmosphere-snow system

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 595-614

  Aoki, Teruo ^a   Aoki, Tadao ^a   Fukabori, Masashi ^a   Uchiyama, Akihiro ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 0033114388     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.77.2_595     Document Type: Article

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