Spectral albedo and emissivity of CO2 in Martian polar caps - Model results

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Aug 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990jgr....9514717w&link_type=abstract

(American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America, International Conference on Mars, 4th, Tucson, AZ, Jan. 10-13, 19

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Albedo, Carbon Dioxide, Mars Surface, Planetary Radiation, Polar Regions, Spectral Reconnaissance, Emissivity, Grain Size, Hydrogen Bonds, Infrared Spectra, Remote Sensing, Snow, Water

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In this paper, a snow albedo model previously developed for terrestrial snow is extended to the case of CO2 snow on Mars. Pure CO2 snow is calculated to have high albedo at visible wavelengths but not as high as that of water snow. At any given wavelength, the primary variable controlling albedo and emissivity is the snow grain size, with albedo decreasing and emissivity increasing as grain size increases. Observations that red albedo is much higher than blue albedo in the Martian south polar cap indicates that the snow or the atmosphere is contaminated with red dust. The absorption coefficient of CO2 ice in the thermal infrared is two to three orders of magnitude smaller than that measured for H2O ice. CO2 snow emissivity is therefore much lower than H2O snow, varying substantially with wavelength and quite sensitive to grain size and emission angle. Factors tending to increase emissivity are large grain size, small emission angle, and large concentrations of dust or water.

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