scholarly journals Spectral reflectance of solar light from dirty snow: a simple theoretical model and its validation

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1325-1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kokhanovsky

Abstract. A simple analytical equation for the snow albedo as the function of snow grain size, soot concentration, and soot mass absorption coefficient is presented. This simple equation can be used in climate models to assess the influence of snow pollution on snow albedo. It is shown that the squared logarithm of the albedo (in the visible) is directly proportional to the soot concentration. A new method of the determination of the soot mass absorption coefficient in snow is proposed. The equations derived are applied to a dusty snow layer as well.

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 533-550
Author(s):  
A. Kokhanovsky

Abstract. A simple analytical equation for the snow albedo as the function of snow grain size, soot concentration, and soot mass absorption coefficient is presented. This simple equation can be used in climate models to assess the influence of snow pollution on snow albedo. It is shown that the squared logarithm of the albedo (in the visible) is directly proportional to the soot concentration. A new method of the determination of the soot mass absorption coefficient in snow is proposed. The equations derived are applied to a dusty snow layer as well.


1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Battaglia ◽  
Marco Franzini ◽  
Leonardo Leoni

AbstractThis paper describes a new method for the simultaneous determination of mineral composition, mass thickness and mass absorption coefficient of a thin layer of a crystalline substance deposited on a crystalline substrate.The samples were deposited on membrane disc filters, consisting of mixtures of cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate. Quantitative results are achieved by measuring the diffraction intensity of the analyte and the attenuation of a reflection of the crystalline material supporting the deposited sample. The mean accuracy of the analysis was found to be: ≈ 3% for mass thickness, ≈ 1% for mass absorption coefficient and ≈ 4% for quantitative mineralogical determination.


2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 1048-1052
Author(s):  
E. A. Cherniaeva ◽  
A. A. Knyazeva ◽  
E. O. Zimina ◽  
I. S. Belyakova ◽  
N. I. Mashin

2016 ◽  
Vol 459 (2) ◽  
pp. 1646-1658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. R. Clark ◽  
Simon P. Schofield ◽  
Haley L. Gomez ◽  
Jonathan I. Davies

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