Radiative forcing bias of simulated surface albedo modifications linked to forest cover changes at northern latitudes

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2195-2205

  Bright, R M ^a,c   Myhre, G ^b   Astrup, R ^c   Anton Fernandez C ^c   Stromman A H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDE; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SNOW COVER; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84927723812     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2195-2015     Document Type: Article

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