Surface albedo retrieval from Meteosat 1. Theory

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D14, 2000, Pages 18099-18112

  Pinty, Bernard ^a   Roveda, Fausto ^a   Verstraete, Michel M ^a   Gobron, Nadine ^a   Govaerts, Yves ^b   Martonchik, John V ^c   Diner, David J ^c   Kahn, Ralph A ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; METEOSAT;

EID: 0033789494     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900113     Document Type: Article

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