Estimation of atmospheric transmissivity of solar radiation from precipitation in the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2006, Pages 344-350

  Matsuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujita, Koji ^a   Ageta, Yutaka ^a   Sakai, Akiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 33846052366     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781812177     Document Type: Conference Paper

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