Estimation of the ground albedo for the Athens area, Greece

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 943-954

  Psiloglou, B E ^a   Kambezidis, H D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albedo; Athens; Greece; Ground reflectance

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALBEDO ESTIMATION; ATHENS; GREECE; GROUND REFLECTANCE; INCLINED SURFACE; NEW CORRELATIONS; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SHORT PERIODS; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SPECIFIC SITES; TILTED SURFACE;

ESTIMATION; REFLECTION; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 67349132633     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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