Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-527-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-6-527-2013
Research article
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01 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2013

Influence of spatial heterogeneity of local surface albedo on the area-averaged surface albedo retrieved from airborne irradiance measurements

E. Jäkel, M. Wendisch, and B. Mayer

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