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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22 Feb 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

Aku Riihelä, Emmihenna Jääskeläinen, and Viivi Kallio-Myers

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