Earthshine and the Earth's albedo: 2. Observations and simulations over 3 years

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Palle E ^a   Goode, P R ^a,b   Yurchyshyn, V ^a   Qiu, J ^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; EARTH; LUNAR CYCLE; RADIATION BUDGET; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 1442337213     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003611     Document Type: Article

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