Solar zenith angle asymmetry cases in polar snow UV albedo

Geophysica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 183-198

  Meinander, Outi ^a   Wuttke, Sigrid ^b   Seckmeyer, Günther ^c   Kazadzis, Stelios ^a   Lindfors, Anders ^a   Kyrö, Esko ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albedo; Antarctic; Arctic; Melting; Snow; UV

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SNOW; SNOWMELT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC;

EID: 77955265959     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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