A modern concept for autonomous and continuous measurements of spectral albedo and transmittance of sea ice

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-28

  Nicolaus, Marcel ^a   Hudson, Stephen R ^a   Gerland, Sebastian ^a   Munderloh, Karin ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b TriOS GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albedo; Autonomous measurements; Sea ice; Snow; Solar irradiance; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; AUTONOMOUS MEASUREMENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DATA LOGGER; DATA SETS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; IRRADIANCE CHANGE; MEASURED DATA; OBSERVATION PERIOD; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; SAMPLE DATA; SEASONALITY; SNOW AND ICE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPECTRAL ALBEDOS; SPECTRAL PARTITIONING; SPECTRAL RADIOMETERS; SPECTRAL RANGE; SPECTRAL SHAPES; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; TECHNICAL FEATURES; VERTICAL PARTITIONING; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SENSORS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SUN; TIME SERIES;

SEA ICE;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; IRRADIANCE; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SENSOR; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTANCE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 77951938801     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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