Impact on ECMWF forecasts of changes to the albedo of the boreal forests in the presence of snow

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D22, 1999, Pages 27803-27810

  Viterbo, Pedro ^a   Betts, Alan K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b ECMWF ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; FORECASTING METHOD; SNOW COVER;

EID: 0033610985     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jd200076     Document Type: Article

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