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Inclusion of Solar Elevation Angle in Land Surface Albedo Parameterization Over Bare Soil Surface [PDF]

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2017
Land surface albedo is a significant parameter for maintaining a balance in surface energy. It is also an important parameter of bare soil surface albedo for developing land surface process models that accurately reflect diurnal variation characteristics
Zhiyuan Zheng, Zhigang Wei, Zhiping Wen, Wenjie Dong, Zhenchao Li, Xiaohang Wen, Xian Zhu, Dong Ji, Chen Chen, Dongdong Yan   +9 more
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Reconstruction of Historical Land Surface Albedo Changes in China From 850 to 2015 Using Land Use Harmonization Data and Albedo Look‐Up Maps

Earth and Space Science, 2021
Land surface albedo is a critical parameter of the Earth's energy budget and has been greatly altered by climate change and human activities. To improve our understanding of historical land surface albedo changes and their climatic effects before the ...
Yan Song, Mingzhu Lv, Mengsi Wang, Xijia Li, Ying Qu   +4 more
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Land Surface Albedo and Its Influencing Factors in the Qilian Mountains, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Remote Sensing, 2022
Land surface albedo directly determines the distribution of radiant energy between the surface and the atmosphere, and it is a key parameter affecting the energy balance on the land surface. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics of land surface albedo and
Jichun Li, Guojin Pang, Xuejia Wang, Fei Liu, Yuting Zhang   +4 more
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Land Surface Albedo over the Tibet Plateau from 2001 to 2019

Remote Sensing, 2020
As an essential climate variable (ECV), land surface albedo plays an important role in the Earth surface radiation budget and regional or global climate change.
Xingwen Lin, Jianguang Wen, Qinhuo Liu, Dongqin You, Shengbiao Wu, Dalei Hao, Qing Xiao, Zhaoyang Zhang, Zhenzhen Zhang   +8 more
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Derivation of Land Surface Albedo at High Resolution by Combining HJ-1A/B Reflectance Observations with MODIS BRDF Products

Remote Sensing, 2014
Land surface albedo is an essential parameter for monitoring global/regional climate and land surface energy balance. Although many studies have been conducted on global or regional land surface albedo using various remote sensing data over the past few ...
Bo Gao, Li Jia, Tianxing Wang
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Changing Regional Land Surface Albedos Alter the Planetary Albedo During the Twenty‐First Century

Earth's Future
The top‐of‐atmosphere (TOA) albedo controls the amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth and is influenced by the reflectivity of both the atmosphere and surface.
Eirik Næsset Ramtvedt, Ryan M. Bright, Michael J. Gundale   +2 more
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Human-Induced Landcover Changes Drive a Diminution of Land Surface Albedo in the Loess Plateau (China)

Remote Sensing, 2015
A large decrease in the land surface albedo of the Loess Plateau was observed from 2000 to 2010, as measured using satellite imagery. In particular, ecological restoration program regions experienced a decrease in peak season land surface albedo ...
Jun Zhai, Ronggao Liu, Jiyuan Liu, Lin Huang, Yuanwei Qin   +4 more
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Effective UV surface albedo of seasonally snow-covered lands [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2007
At ultraviolet wavelengths the albedo of most natural surfaces is small with the striking exception of snow and ice. Therefore, snow cover is a major challenge for various applications based on radiative transfer modelling.
T. Manninen, A. Tanskanen
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Evaluation of Land Use Change Trend and its Impact on Surface Albedo and Land Surface Temperature in Aharchai Watershed [PDF]

جغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقه‌ای, 2020
One of the factors affecting human activities is land use change that can lead to changes in surface albedo and land surface temperature and changes in these parameters affect the natural climate of the area.
Jafar Derakhshi, Behruz Sobhani, Sayad Asghari   +2 more
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Land Surface Albedo Estimation and Cross Validation Based on GF-1 WFV Data

Atmosphere, 2022
The land surface albedo (LSA) represents the ability of the land surface to reflect solar radiation. It is one of the driving factors in the energy balance of land surface radiation and in land–air interactions.
Zhe Wang, Hongmin Zhou, Wu Ma, Wenrui Fan, Jindi Wang   +4 more
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