Mapping global land surface albedo from NOAA AVHRR

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D6, 1999, Pages 6215-6228

  Csiszar, I ^a,b   Gutman, G ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; AVHRR; LAND SURFACE; NOAA SATELLITE;

EID: 0033608663     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200090     Document Type: Article

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