Spectral albedo of arctic snow during intensive melt period
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O. Meinander, S. Kazadzis, A. Arola, R. Kivi, A. Kontu, H. Suokanerva, V. Aaltonen, T. Manninen, J.-L. Roujean, and O. Hautecoeur Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio Unit, P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland Finnish Meteorological Institute, Arctic Research Centre, Tähteläntie 62, 99600 Sodankylä, Finland Meteo-France/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toulouse, France
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