The albedo of earth

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 141-163

  Stephens, Graeme L ^a,b,c   O’Brien, Denis ^d   Webster, Peter J ^e   Pilewski, Peter ^f   Kato, Seiji ^g   Li, Jui Lin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d OBrien R and D LLC   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY BALANCE; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; ORBITING SATELLITES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 85040723991     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014RG000449     Document Type: Review

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