Uvb surface albedo measurements using biometers

Revista Brasileira de Geofisica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-416

  De Paula Corrêa, Marcelo ^a   Ceballos, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer models; Surface albedo; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

FORMICA;

EID: 66749174172     PISSN: 0102261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-261x2008000400002     Document Type: Article

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