Contrasting spectral changes limit albedo impact on land-atmosphere coupling during the 2003 European heat wave

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Teuling, A J ^a   Seneviratne, S I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; REFLECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

ALBEDO IMPACT; HEAT WAVE; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLING; SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NEAR INFRARED; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 41849113105     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032778     Document Type: Article

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