Arctic and Antarctic diurnal and seasonal variations of snow albedo from multiyear Baseline Surface Radiation Network measurements

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Wang, Xianwei, Zender, Charles S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2011
• Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Antarctica; Arctic; BSRN; diurnal variation; snow albedo; Antarctic; Austral; Neumayer; Ny-Ålesund; Sastrugi; South Pole; albedo; Antarc*; Barrow; Ny Ålesund; South pole; Alaska; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4gj4f7kx

This study analyzes diurnal and seasonal variations of snow albedo at four Baseline Surface Radiation Network stations in the Arctic and Antarctica from 2003 to 2008 to elucidate similarities and differences in snow albedo diurnal cycles across geographic zones and to assess how diurnal changes in s...