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DOI	10.5194/tc-14-1497-2020
	Spectral albedo measurements over snow-covered slopes: Theory and slope effect corrections
	Picard G.; Dumont M.; Lamare M.; Tuzet F.; Larue F.; Pirazzini R.; Arnaud L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	19940416
起始页码	1497
结束页码	1517
卷号	14 期号:5
英文摘要	Surface albedo is an essential variable to determine the Earth's surface energy budget, in particular for snow-covered areas where it is involved in one of the most powerful positive feedback loops of the climate system. In situ measurements of broadband and spectral albedo are therefore common. However they are subject to several artefacts. Here we investigate the sensitivity of spectral albedo measurements to surface slope, and we propose simple correction algorithms to retrieve the intrinsic albedo of a slope from measurements, as if it were flat. For this, we first derive the analytical equations relating albedo measured on a slope to intrinsic direct and diffuse albedo, the apportionment between diffuse and direct incoming radiation, and slope inclination and aspect. The theory accounts for two main slope effects. First, the slope affects the proportion of solar radiation intercepted by the surface relative to that intercepted by the upward-looking, horizontal, sensor. Second, the upward- and downward-looking sensors receive reduced radiation from the sky and the surface respectively and increased radiation from neighbouring terrain. Using this theory, we show that (i) slope has a significant effect on albedo (over 0.01) from as little as a ≈1° inclination, causing distortions of the albedo spectral shape; (ii) the first-order slope effect is sufficient to fully explain measured albedo up to ≈15°, which we designate "small-slope approximation"; and (iii) for larger slopes, the theory depends on the neighbouring slope geometry and land cover, leading to much more complex equations. Next, we derive four correction methods from the small-slope approximation, to be used depending on whether (1) the slope inclination and orientation are known or not, (2) the snow surface is free of impurities or dirty, and (3) a single or a time series of albedo measurements is available. The methods applied to observations taken in the Alps on terrain with up to nearly 20° slopes prove the ability to recover intrinsic albedo with a typical accuracy of 0.03 or better. From this study, we derive two main recommendations for future field campaigns: first, sloping terrain requires more attention because it reduces the measurement accuracy of albedo even for almost invisible slopes (1-2°). Second, while the correction of the slope effect is possible, it requires additional information such as the spectral diffuse and direction partitioning and if possible the actual slope inclination and aspect, especially when the absence of impurities can not be assumed. © 2020 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	accuracy assessment; albedo; algorithm; correction; geometry; solar radiation; surface energy; terrain; time series analysis; Alps
语种	英语
来源期刊	Cryosphere
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/202179
作者单位	Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), UMR 5001, Grenoble, 38041, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, CNRM, Centre d'Etudes de la Neige, Grenoble, 38000, France; Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Picard G.,Dumont M.,Lamare M.,et al. Spectral albedo measurements over snow-covered slopes: Theory and slope effect corrections[J],2020,14(5).
APA	Picard G..,Dumont M..,Lamare M..,Tuzet F..,Larue F..,...&Arnaud L..(2020).Spectral albedo measurements over snow-covered slopes: Theory and slope effect corrections.Cryosphere,14(5).
MLA	Picard G.,et al."Spectral albedo measurements over snow-covered slopes: Theory and slope effect corrections".Cryosphere 14.5(2020).