Observational determination of albedo decrease caused by vanishing Arctic sea ice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3322-3326

  Pistone, Kristina ^a   Eisenman, Ian ^a   Ramanathan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEA; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE COVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84895783668     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318201111     Document Type: Article

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