Observed albedo decrease related to the spring snow retreat

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1299-1302

  Kuang, Z ^a   Yung, Y L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; SNOWMELT;

REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; HEATING; LIGHT REFLECTION; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INTERANNUAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REFLECTIVITY CHANGES; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SPRING SNOW; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV REFLECTIVITY;

SNOW;

SPRING SNOW RETREAT; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETERS (TOMS);

EID: 0034352905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011116     Document Type: Article

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