Modeling of snow and ice melt at ETH Camp (West Greenland): A study of surface albedo

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Lefebre, Filip ^a   Gallée, Hubert ^b   van Ypersele, Jean Pascal ^a   Greuell, Wouter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Greenland surface mass balance; Modeling surface albedo on Greenland; Modeling surface mass balance at ETH Camp; Snow albedo

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; MASS BALANCE; SNOW; SNOWMELT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 1642579504     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001160     Document Type: Article

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