Measurements and model calculations of the solar shortwave fluxes in snow on Summit, Greenland

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 279-284

  Meirold Mautner, Ingo ^a,b   Lehning, Michael ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; SUMMIT; WORLD;

EID: 5144225077     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814753     Document Type: Article

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