Radiative forcing due to anthropogenic vegetation change based on MODIS surface albedo data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Myhre, Gunnar ^a,b   Kvalevåg, Maria M ^a   Schaaf, Crystal B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC VEGETATION CHANGE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE ALBEDO; VEGETATION LAND COVER;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ALBEDO; MODIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 29344451224     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024004     Document Type: Article

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