Surface albedo observations of Hudson Bay (Canada) landfast sea ice during the spring melt

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 23-29

  Ehn, J K ^a   Granskog, Mats A ^a   Papakyriakou, T ^a   Galley, R ^a   Barber, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; MELTING; SEA ICE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOWPACK; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34249092644     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756406781811376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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