Large-scale simulations of snow albedo masking by forests

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 5521-5525

  Essery, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boreal forests; climate modeling; snow albedo

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; MODEL COMPARISON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SNOW-ALBEDO FEEDBACKS; SNOW-COVERED FORESTS; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; SNOW;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE MODELING; LAND COVER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SIMULATION; SNOW; SNOW COVER; VEGETATION;

FORESTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SUN LIGHT;

EID: 84886540452     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.51008     Document Type: Article

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