Reflective properties of white sea ice and snow

Malinka, Aleksey; Zege, Eleonora; Heygster, Georg; Istomina, Larysa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2541-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 6

Research article

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02 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 02 Nov 2016

Reflective properties of white sea ice and snow

Aleksey Malinka, Eleonora Zege, Georg Heygster, and Larysa Istomina

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Nov 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer 1', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jul 2016
- RC2: 'Corrected version - Reviewer 1', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jul 2016
  - AC1: 'Answer to reviewer 1', Georg Heygster, 21 Sep 2016
RC3: 'Referee Comments for “Reflective Properties of White and Snow-Covered Sea Ice” by Malinka et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to reviewer 2', Georg Heygster, 21 Sep 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Georg Heygster on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2016)

ED: Publish as is (05 Oct 2016) by Julienne Stroeve

AR by Georg Heygster on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

The number of melt ponds on Arctic summer sea ice and its reflectance are required for better climate modeling and weather prediction. In order to derive these quantities from optical satellite observations, simple analytical formulas for the bidirectional reflectance factor and albedo at direct and diffuse incidence are derived from basic assumptions and verified with in situ measurements made during the expedition ARK-XXVII/3 of research vessel Polarstern in 2012.