Surface albedo measurements over Antarctic sites in summer

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Pirazzini, Roberta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Broadband albedo; Snow and ice

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 11844271956     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004617     Document Type: Article

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