The seasonal cycle of snow cover, sea ice and surface albedo
The paper examines satellite data used to construct mean snow cover caps for the Northern Hemisphere. The zonally averaged snow cover from these maps is used to calculate the seasonal cycle of zonally averaged surface albedo. The effects of meltwater on the surface, solar zenith angle, and cloudines...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19800047931 2023-05-15T18:18:07+02:00 The seasonal cycle of snow cover, sea ice and surface albedo Robock, A. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Mar 1, 1980 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19800047931 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19800047931 Accession ID: 80A32101 Copyright Other Sources 46 Monthly Weather Review; 108; Mar. 198 1980 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T14:20:00Z The paper examines satellite data used to construct mean snow cover caps for the Northern Hemisphere. The zonally averaged snow cover from these maps is used to calculate the seasonal cycle of zonally averaged surface albedo. The effects of meltwater on the surface, solar zenith angle, and cloudiness are parameterized and included in the calculations of snow and ice albedo. The data allows a calculation of surface albedo for any land or ocean 10 deg latitude band as a function of surface temperature ice and snow cover; the correct determination of the ice boundary is more important than the snow boundary for accurately simulating the ice and snow albedo feedback. Other/Unknown Material Sea ice NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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The paper examines satellite data used to construct mean snow cover caps for the Northern Hemisphere. The zonally averaged snow cover from these maps is used to calculate the seasonal cycle of zonally averaged surface albedo. The effects of meltwater on the surface, solar zenith angle, and cloudiness are parameterized and included in the calculations of snow and ice albedo. The data allows a calculation of surface albedo for any land or ocean 10 deg latitude band as a function of surface temperature ice and snow cover; the correct determination of the ice boundary is more important than the snow boundary for accurately simulating the ice and snow albedo feedback. |
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The seasonal cycle of snow cover, sea ice and surface albedo |
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