Diurnal variations in the UV albedo of arctic snow

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6551-6563

  Meinander, O ^a   Kontu, A ^a   Lakkala, K ^a   Heikkila A ^a   Ylianttila, L ^b   Toikka, M ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c Toikka Engineering Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; DIURNAL VARIATION; GRAIN SIZE; MELTING; METAMORPHOSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW;

EID: 56449110256     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6551-2008     Document Type: Article

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