Impact of reflecting land surface on radiation environment over Hornsund, Spitsbergen – a model study for cloudless skies

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Rozwadowska, Anna, Górecka, Izabela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2017
• Subjects: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Svalbard; Hornsund; Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/popore-2017-0008; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/38/2/article-p149.xml; http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2017.38.issue-2/popore-2017-0008/popore-2017-0008.pdf

Abstract This paper addresses the influence of land topography and cover on 3D radiative effects under cloudless skies in the Hornsund area, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The authors used Monte Carlo simulations of solar radiation transfer over a heterogeneous surface to study the impact of a non-uniform s...