Reflection and transmission of irradiance by snow and sea ice in the central Arctic ocean in summer 2010

Polar Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Lei, Ruibo ^a,b   Zhang, Zhanhai ^a   Matero, Ilkka ^c   Cheng, Bin ^d   Li, Qun ^a   Huang, Wenfeng ^e  

^a POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic; Reflection; Sea ice; Slar irradiance; Snow; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863754162     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v31i0.17325     Document Type: Article

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