Analysis of clear-sky Antarctic snow albedo using observations and radiative transfer modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Munneke, Peter Kuipers ^a   Reijmer, Carleen H ^a   van den Broeke, Michiel R ^a   König Langlo, Gert ^b   Stammes, Piet ^c   Knap, Wouter H ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GAS ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ALBEDO; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 56349114042     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009653     Document Type: Article

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