Airborne measurements of areal spectral surface albedo over different sea and land surfaces

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Wendisch, Manfred ^a,b   Pilewskie, Peter ^b   Jäkel, Evelyn ^a   Schmidt, Sebastian ^a   Pommier, John ^c   Howard, Steve ^c   Jonsson, Haflidi H ^d   Guan, Hong ^c   Schröder, Marc ^e   Mayer, Bernhard ^f  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CIRPAS   (United States)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Areal spectral surface albedo; Spectral radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALBEDO; IRRADIANCE; LAND SURFACE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE;

EID: 3042756372     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004392     Document Type: Article

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