A review of snow and ice albedo and the development of a new physically based broadband albedo parameterization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gardner, Alex S ^a   Sharp, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ICE THICKNESS; IRRADIANCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SNOW COVER;

EID: 77954827961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001444     Document Type: Review

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