Dense canopy albedo as a function of illumination direction: Dependence on structure and leaf transmittance

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1991, Pages 3-16

  Otterman, J ^a   Brakke, T W ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 1142276610     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00865038     Document Type: Article

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