Solar irradiance in the heterogeneous albedo environment of the Arctic coast: Measurements and a 3-D model study

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5989-6002

  Kreuter, A ^a   Buras, R ^b   Mayer, B ^b   Webb, A ^c   Kift, R ^c   Bais, A ^d   Kouremeti, N ^d,e   Blumthaler, M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; FJORD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ZENITH ANGLE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84902581040     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-5989-2014     Document Type: Article

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