Impact of revised and potential future albedo estimates on CCSM3 simulations of growing-season surface temperature fields for North America

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Heilman, Warren E ^a   Hollinger, David Y ^a   Li, Xiuping ^b   Bian, Xindi ^a   Zhong, Shiyuan ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; CCSM3 simulations; North America; Surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; DECIDUOUS TREE; GRASSLAND; RADIATION BUDGET; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79952785017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.301     Document Type: Article

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