Parameterization of single-scattering properties of snow

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1277-1301

  Raisanen P ^a   Kokhanovsky, A ^b,c   Guyot, G ^d   Jourdan, O ^d   Nousiainen, T ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE EFFECT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; POLAR REGION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SNOW; WAVELENGTH;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84932612672     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-1277-2015     Document Type: Article

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