An improved derivation of the top-of-atmosphere albedo from POLDER/ADEOS-2: 2. Broadband albedo

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Buriez, Jean Claude ^a   Parol, Frédéric ^a   Poussi, Zegbeu ^b   Viollier, Michel ^c  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION;

ADEOS; ALBEDO; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLDER; REFLECTANCE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 36849030887     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008257     Document Type: Article

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