Sensitivity of climate models to seasonal variability of snow-free land surface albedo

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 197-221

  Rechid, Diana ^a   Hagemann, S ^a   Jacob, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SNOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 59249085251     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0371-8     Document Type: Article

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