Diurnal variations in the UV albedo of arctic snow

• Main Authors: O. Meinander, A. Kontu, K. Lakkala, A. Heikkilä, L. Ylianttila, M. Toikka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2008
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Sodankylä; albedo
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/0e47453aa72e4e5c855de8d399bc5288

The relevance of snow for climate studies is based on its physical properties, such as high surface reflectivity. Surface ultraviolet (UV) albedo is an essential parameter for various applications based on radiative transfer modeling. Here, new continuous measurements of the local UV albedo of natur...