Seasonal variation in boreal pine forest albedo and effects of canopy snow on forest reflectance

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-60

  Kuusinen, Nea ^a   Kolari, Pasi ^a   Levula, Janne ^a   Porcar Castell, Albert ^a   Stenberg, Pauline ^a   Berninger, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Albedo; Boreal forest; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; CANOPY EXCHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; NET RADIATION; REFLECTANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; WARMING;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84861862242     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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