Surface reflectance of sea ice and under-ice irradiance in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-118

  Winther, Jan Gunnar ^a   Edvardsen, Kåre ^b   Gerland, Sebastian ^a   Hamre, Børge ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; SEA ICE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

ARCTIC; KONGSFJORDEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 3042823181     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2004.tb00134.x     Document Type: Article

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