soil_albedo

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Created: June 21, 2018

Proposer: Karl Taylor / Martin Juckes / Robert Pincus

Proposed Date: 2018-06-21

CMIP6 - RFMIP. Add a definition sentence for 'albedo'.

Standard names for RFMIP and GeoMIP

Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:55 p.m.

Term: soil_albedo

Unit: 1

Unit ref:

AMIP:

GRIB:

Soil albedo is the albedo of the soil surface assuming no snow.

Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:56 p.m.

Term: soil_albedo

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

Soil albedo is the albedo of the soil surface assuming no snow.

Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:57 p.m.

Term: soil_albedo

Unit: 1

Unit ref: UUUU

AMIP:

GRIB:

Soil albedo is the albedo of the soil surface assuming no snow. 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.