Earthshine and the Earth's albedo: 1. Earthshine observations and measurements of the lunar phase function for accurate measurements of the Earth's Bond albedo

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Qiu, J ^a   Goode, P R ^a,b   Palle E ^a   Yurchyshyn, V ^a   Hickey, J ^a   Montanes Rodriguez P ^a   Chu, M C ^c   Kolbe, E ^d   Brown, C T ^b   Koonin, S E ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albedo; Earth; Moon

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE FORCING; LUNAR CYCLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 1442288175     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003610     Document Type: Article

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