Surface radiation climatology for Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (78.9° N), basic observations for trend detection

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 331-339

  Maturilli, Marion ^a   Herber, Andreas ^a   König Langlo, Gert ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84939896841     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1173-4     Document Type: Article

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