Re: Measuring albedo

["Hollmuller Pierre" <Pierre.Hollmuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>What practical methods are people using to measure or estimate albedo for
>their modelling?

If you want to easily measure an albedo, you best take a pyranometer which
you first have facing the sky (measure of incident radiation), than the
ground (measure of reflected radiation). The ratio gives the albedo. If you
measure close to the ground it is a local value, if you go higher you get a
global value.

Pierre
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Pierre Hollmuller
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