Evaluating biases in simulated land surface albedo from CMIP5 global climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 6178-6190

  Li, Yue ^a   Wang, Tao ^b,c   Zeng, Zhenzhong ^a   Peng, Shushi ^a   Lian, Xu ^a,d   Piao, Shilong ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; LAND SURFACE; LEAF AREA INDEX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

EID: 84973546896     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD024774     Document Type: Article

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