Numerical simulation of sensitivities of snow melting to spectral composition of the incoming solar radiation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 403-412

  Li, Weiping ^a,b   Sun, Shufen ^c   Wang, Biao ^c   Liu, Xin ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Simulation; Snow albedo; Snow melt; Solar radiation; Spectral composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849123538     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-0403-7     Document Type: Article

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