Four decades of global surface albedo estimates in the third edition of the CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface Radiation (CLARA) climate data record

Riihelä, Aku; Jääskeläinen, Emmihenna; Kallio-Myers, Viivi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1007-2024

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Four decades of global surface albedo estimates in the third edition of the CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface Radiation (CLARA) climate data record

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