The influence of canopy snow parameterizations on snow albedo feedback in boreal forest regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9810-9821

  Thackeray, Chad W ^a   Fletcher, Christopher G ^a   Derksen, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

albedo; boreal forest; canopy vegetation; modeling; snow; snow albedo feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921982762     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021858     Document Type: Article

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