the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung;the Helmholtz infrastructure initiative “Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring” (FRAM) for funding this project;funded by a Sentinel North Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Université Laval, Canada
Surface albedo is defined as the ratio of incident and reflected solar irradiance and describes the ability of a surface to reflect, rather than absorb incident solar shortwave radiation. It is thus a crucial paramete...