Clear-sky albedo measurements on a sloping glacier surface: A case study in the Bolivian Andes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D23, 2001, Pages 31729-31737

  Sicart, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Ribstein, Pierre ^a   Wagnon, Patrick ^a,b   Brunstein, Daniel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ASPECT; CLEAR SKY; GLACIER; TILT;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 0035724243     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000153     Document Type: Article

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