Modeling the effect of an inhomogeneous surface albedo on incident UV radiation in mountainous terrain: Determination of an effective surface albedo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3111-3114

  Weihs, P ^a   Lenoble, J ^b,c   Blumthaler, M ^d   Martin, T ^e   Seckmeyer, G ^f   Philipona, R ^g   De La Casiniere, A ^c   Sergent, C ^h   Grobner J ^d   Cabot, T ^c   Masserot, D ^b,c   Pichler, T ^d   Pougatch, E ^h   Rengarajan, G ^a   Schmucki, D ^g   Simic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^g WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^h CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; REFLECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

SURFACE ALBEDO;

GEOPHYSICS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GERMANY;

COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN; SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SPECTRAL SLOPES; SURFACE ALBEDO; UV IRRADIANCES;

EID: 17944383425     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL012986     Document Type: Article

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