sea_ice_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, 2:54 p.m.
Term: sea_ice_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref:
AMIP:
GRIB:
The albedo of sea ice.
Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:55 p.m.
Term: sea_ice_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref: UUUU
AMIP:
GRIB:
The albedo of sea ice. 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. "Sea ice" means all ice floating in the sea which has formed from freezing sea water, rather than by other processes such as calving of land ice to form icebergs.