Assessment of the accuracy of snow surface direct beam spectral albedo under a variety of overcast skies derived by a reciprocal approach through radiative transfer simulation

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 5427-5441

  Li, Shusun ^a   Zhou, Xiaobing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFRARED RADIATION; SNOW;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 0141884814     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005427     Document Type: Article

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