Changes in Earth's reflectance over the past two decades

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5675, 2004, Pages 1299-1301

  Palle E ^a   Goode, P R ^a,b   Montanes Rodriguez, P ^a   Koonin, S E ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FEEDBACK; SATELLITES;

OVERLAPPING PERIOD; SHORTWAVE REFLECTANCE;

EARTH (PLANET);

CLOUD COVER; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 2542569672     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094070     Document Type: Article

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