CLARA-SAL: A global 28 yr timeseries of Earth's black-sky surface albedo

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3743-3762

  Riihela A ^a   Manninen, T ^a   Laine, V ^a   Andersson, K ^b   Kaspar, F ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; AVHRR; CLEAR SKY; DATA SET; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE; SNOW; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; TIME SERIES; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84876104106     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3743-2013     Document Type: Article

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