The global land shortwave cryosphere radiative effect during the MODIS era

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2057-2070

  Singh, D ^a   Flanner, M G ^a   Perket, J ^a  

^a The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ANNUAL VARIATION; AVHRR; CRYOSPHERE; ENERGY BUDGET; MODIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA;

EID: 84946915040     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-2057-2015     Document Type: Article

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