Mineral dust impact on snow radiative properties in the European Alps combining ground, UAV, and satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6080-6097

  Di Mauro, B ^a   Fava, F ^a   Ferrero, L ^a   Garzonio, R ^a   Baccolo, G ^a,b,c   Delmonte, B ^a   Colombo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FIELD SURVEY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; UNMANNED VEHICLE; WAVELENGTH;

ALPS;

EID: 84955636644     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023287     Document Type: Article

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