New shortwave infrared albedo measurements for snow specific surface area retrieval

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 58, Issue 211, 2012, Pages 941-952

  Montpetit, B ^a   Royer, A ^a   Langlois, A ^a   Cliche P ^a   Roy, A ^a   Champollion, N ^b   Picard, G ^b   Domine, F ^b   Obbard, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; GRAIN SIZE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW;

EID: 84867213375     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2012JoG11J248     Document Type: Article

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