surface_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, 2:58 p.m.
Term: surface_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref:
AMIP:
GRIB: 84 E174
The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere.
Change Date: June 21, 2018, 2:59 p.m.
Term: surface_albedo
Unit: 1
Unit ref: UUUU
AMIP:
GRIB: 84 E174
The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. 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. To specify the nature of the surface a cell_methods attribute should be supplied as described in Chapter 7.3.3 of the CF Conventions.