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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3959-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3959-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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12 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 12 Nov 2020
| 12 Nov 2020
Parameterizing anisotropic reflectance of snow surfaces from airborne digital camera observations in Antarctica
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
now at: Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Gerit Birnbaum
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
André Ehrlich
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Veit Helm
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Evelyn Jäkel
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Michael Schäfer
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Manfred Wendisch
Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Spatial variability in surface brightness and solar energy deposition of Arctic sea ice R. Tao et al.
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- A comprehensive in situ and remote sensing data set collected during the HALO–(𝒜 𝒞)3 aircraft campaign A. Ehrlich et al.
- Airborne observations of cloud properties during their evolution from organized streets to isotropic cloud structures along an Arctic cold-air outbreak M. Klingebiel et al.
- A new snow bidirectional reflectance distribution function model in spectral regions from UV to SWIR: Model development and application to ground-based, aircraft and satellite observations L. Mei et al.
- Measurements and Modeling of Optical-Equivalent Snow Grain Sizes under Arctic Low-Sun Conditions E. Jäkel et al.
- Characterizing sea ice melt pond fraction and geometry in relation to surface morphology L. Buth et al.
- SatRbedo: An R package for retrieving snow and ice albedo from optical satellite imagery P. Fuchs et al.
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Short summary
The angular reflection of solar radiation by snow surfaces is particularly anisotropic and highly variable. We measured the angular reflection from an aircraft using a digital camera in Antarctica in 2013/14 and studied its variability: the anisotropy increases with a lower Sun but decreases for rougher surfaces and larger snow grains. The applied methodology allows for a direct comparison with satellite observations, which generally underestimated the anisotropy measured within this study.
The angular reflection of solar radiation by snow surfaces is particularly anisotropic and...
