Analysis of global land surface albedo climatology and spatial-temporal variation during 1981–2010 from multiple satellite products

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10,281-10,298

  He, Tao ^a   Liang, Shunlin ^a,b   Song, Dan Xia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85027957350     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021667     Document Type: Article

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