[MITgcm-devel] open ocean albedo formulation

[Menemenlis, Dimitris (3248)]

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> From: "Menemenlis, Dimitris (3248)" <menemenlis at jpl.nasa.gov>
> Date: December 8, 2009 5:06:33 PM PST
> Subject: dependence of albedo on incidence angle
> 
> Joe and Daria, for future reference I attach the figure of albedo from NCEP reanalysis
> that we generated yesterday:
>  http://ecco2.jpl.nasa.gov/data1/data/ncep/matlab/NCEPalbedo.jpg
> 
> Joe could you send me the two lines of code that control the albedo in UCLA atmosphere.
> 
> Chris, this is the albedo dependence I mentioned to you briefly this morning, which is
> included in atmospheric models in addition to cosine factor.
> As incidence angle decreases there will also be less radiation normal to surface of Earth
> due to cosine factor, so maybe this effect will not be a very important correction to shortwave
> seasonal cycle but it's probably worth setting up a forward sensitivity experiment to test.
> 
> D.