Surface albedo measurements over sea ice in the Baltic Sea during the spring snowmelt period

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 7-14

  Pirazzini, Roberta ^a,b   Vihma, Timo ^c   Granskog, Mats A ^d,e   Cheng, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CLOUD COVER; HUMIDITY; MELTING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SNOWMELT; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 34247488012     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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