Greenland surface albedo changes in July 1981-2012 from satellite observations

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  He, Tao ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a,b   Yu, Yunyue ^c   Wang, Dongdong ^a   Gao, Feng ^d   Liu, Qiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

CMIP5; GLASS albedo; Greenland; IPCC AR5; satellite observation; surface albedo

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLASS; SATELLITES;

CMIP5; GREENLAND; IPCC AR5; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE ALBEDO;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLEAR SKY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MELTING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84891910609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/044043     Document Type: Article

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