Surface contribution to planetary albedo variability in cryosphere regions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5239-5252

  Qu, Xin ^a   Hall, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; PHOTONS; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CRYOSPHERE REGIONS; PLANETARY ALBEDO VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALBEDO; CRYOSPHERE;

EID: 31544451828     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3555.1     Document Type: Article

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