22 views of the global albedo - Comparison between 20 GCMs and two satellites

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-330

  Bender, Frida A M ^a   Rodhe, Henning ^a   Charlson, Robert J ^b   Ekman, Annica M L ^a   Loeb, Norman ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 33645569821     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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