Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um

Details Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um

Dec 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005agufmsa53b1175m&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SA53B-1175

Biology

0321 Cloud/Radiation Interaction, 0343 Planetary Atmospheres (5210, 5405, 5704), 0424 Biosignatures And Proxies, 5200 Planetary Sciences: Astrobiology, 6296 Extra-Solar Planets

Scientific paper

We have analyzed spectroscopic earthshine data to determine Earth's nightly spectral albedos covering the visible, near and middle infrared spectral ranges. Observations in the visible were undertaken from Palomar Observatory with the spectrograph in the Palomar 60" telescope and with the echelle spectrograph of the InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The observing runs were chosen near the quarter moon to reduce the background glow produced by the moonshine (bright side of the Moon). Although observations were taken on different nights, the similarity of lunar phases and comparable cloud cover conditions for the monitored part of the Earth's surface, allow us to derive, for the first time, an apparent albedo of the Earth covering the entire spectral range from 0.5 to 4.4 microns.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-755104