A Retrospective, Iterative, Geometry-Based (RIGB) tilt correction method for radiation observed by Automatic Weather Stations on snow-covered surfaces: Application to Greenland

Cryosphere Discussions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 6025-6060

  Wang, W ^a   Zender, C S ^a   Van As, D ^b   Smeets, P C J P ^c   Van Den Broeke, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; GEOMETRY; INSOLATION; MASS BALANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SURFACE ENERGY; WEATHER STATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84961843401     PISSN: 19940432     EISSN: 19940440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tcd-9-6025-2015     Document Type: Article

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