cloud_albedo
completeCreated: June 21, 2018
Proposer: Karl Taylor / Martin Juckes / Robert Pincus
Proposed Date: 2018-06-21
CMIP6 - RFMIP. Add a definition sentence for 'albedo'.
Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:48 p.m.
Term: cloud_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref:
AMIP:
GRIB:
The albedo of cloud.
Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:50 p.m.
Term: cloud_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref: UUUU
AMIP:
GRIB:
The albedo of cloud.
Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:52 p.m.
Term: cloud_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref: UUUU
AMIP:
GRIB:
The albedo of cloud. Albedo is the ratio of outgoing to incoming shortwave irradiance, where 'shortwave irradiance' means that both the incoming and outgoing radiation are integrated across the solar spectrum.