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A note on solar elevation dependence of clear sky snow albedo
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Choudhury, B. J. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Recent attempts to match shortwave albedo of snow for clear skies using approximate spectral solar fluxes and solutions of the radiative transfer equation for snow were unsuccessful until a separate surface reflection term was introduced. A separate consideration of specular reflection from surface snow grains has been objected to as being ad hoc. Results based on a new parameterization of shortwave radiation are discussed. Compared to the previous radiation models, new model gives higher diffuse insolation and predicts higher albedos. The difference between observed and predicted albedos is substantially reduced without invoking surface reflection. |
| File Size | 3289281 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810015965 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t52g2jh8k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Albedo Snow Surface Properties Models Solar Flux Radiative Heat Transfer Reflectance Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
