Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Albedo is the fraction of shortwave radiation reflected by the surface and depends on a number of surface attributes such as snow cover, vegetation cover, and soil moisture among others. The year 2019 exhibited large regional contrasts in terms of land surface albedo in the visible part of the spectrum (see Plate 2.1ac), with the NH overall darker and the SH brighter that the baseline period 2003–10. Strong negative anomalies in visible albedo (on the order of −30%) were especially noticeable in central and eastern Europe. Similarly, high negative values were observed in the Caucasus and the Middle East; in eastern Asia (western China and Mongolia, Korea, and Japan); northwestern America (Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest Territories); eastern United States; and parts of Argentina and Chile.Large positive anomalies (up to +30%) were found in North America, in the Himalayas and eastern China, in eastern Australia, southern Africa, and sporadically in southern America.
Authors: M. Ades, R. Adler, Rob Allan, R. P. Allan, J. Anderson, Anthony Argüez, C. Arosio, J. A. Augustine, C. Azorin-Molina, J. Barichivich, J. Barnes, H. E. Beck, Andreas Becker, Nicolas Bellouin, Angela Benedetti, David I. Berry, Stephen Blenkinsop, Olivier. Bock, Michael G. Bosilovich, Olivier. Boucher, S. A. Buehler, Laura. Carrea, Hanne H. Christiansen, F. Chouza, John R. Christy, E.-S. Chung, Melanie Coldewey-Egbers, Gil P. Compo, Owen R. Cooper, Curt Covey, A. Crotwell, Sean M. Davis, Elvira de Eyto, Richard A. M de Jeu, B.V. VanderSat, Curtis L. DeGasperi, Doug Degenstein, Larry Di Girolamo, Martin T. Dokulil, Markus G. Donat, Wouter A. Dorigo, Imke Durre, Geoff S. Dutton, G. Duveiller, James W. Elkins, Vitali E. Fioletov, Johannes Flemming, Michael J. Foster, Richard A. Frey, Stacey M. Frith, Lucien Froidevaux, J. Garforth, S. K. Gupta, Leopold Haimberger, Brad D. Hall, Ian Harris, Andrew K Heidinger, D. L. Hemming, Shu-peng (Ben) Ho, Daan Hubert, Dale F. Hurst, I. Hüser, Antje Inness, K. Isaksen, Viju John, Philip D. Jones, J. W. Kaiser, S. Kelly, S. Khaykin, R. Kidd, Hyungiun Kim, Z. Kipling, B. M. Kraemer, D. P. Kratz, R. S. La Fuente, Xin Lan, Kathleen O. Lantz, T. Leblanc, Bailing Li, Norman G Loeb, Craig S. Long, Diego Loyola, Wlodzimierz Marszelewski, B. Martens, Linda May, Michael Mayer, M. F. McCabe, Tim R. McVicar, Carl A. Mears, W. Paul Menzel, Christopher J. Merchant, Ben R. Miller, Diego G. Miralles, Stephen A. Montzka, Colin Morice, Jens Mühle, R. Myneni, Julien P. Nicolas, Jeannette Noetzli, Tim J. Osborn, T. Park, A. Pasik, Andrew M. Paterson, Mauri S. Pelto, S. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, G. Pétron, C. Phillips, Bernard Pinty, S. Po-Chedley, L. Polvani, W. Preimesberger, M. Pulkkanen, W. J. Randel, Samuel Rémy, L. Ricciardulli, A. D. Richardson, L. Rieger, David A. Robinson, Matthew Rodell, Karen H. Rosenlof, Chris Roth, A. Rozanov, James A. Rusak, O. Rusanovskaya, T. Rutishäuser, Ahira Sánchez-Lugo, P. Sawaengphokhai, T. Scanlon, Verena Schenzinger, S. Geoffey Schladow, R. W Schlegel, Eawag Schmid, Martin, H. B. Selkirk, S. Sharma, Lei Shi, S. V. Shimaraeva, E. A. Silow, Adrian J. Simmons, C. A. Smith, Sharon L Smith, B. J. Soden, Viktoria Sofieva, T. H. Sparks, Paul W. Stackhouse, Wolfgang Steinbrecht, Dimitri A. Streletskiy, G. Taha, Hagen Telg, S. J. Thackeray, M. A. Timofeyev, Kleareti Tourpali, Mari R. Tye, Ronald J. van der A, Robin, VanderSat B.V. van der Schalie, Gerard van der SchrierW. Paul, Guido R. van der Werf, Piet Verburg, Jean-Paul Vernier, Holger Vömel, Russell S. Vose, Ray Wang, Shohei G. Watanabe, Mark Weber, Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer, David Wiese, Anne C. Wilber, Jeanette D. Wild, Takmeng Wong, R. Iestyn Woolway, Xungang Yin, Lin Zhao, Guanguo Zhao, Xinjia Zhou, Jerry R. Ziemke, Markus Ziese
Institutions: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, University of East Anglia, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Met Office, University of Reading, Hampton University, NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, University of Bremen, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació, University of Gothenburg, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Princeton University, Deutscher Wetterdienst, National Oceanography Centre, Newcastle University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Goddard Space Flight Center, Sorbonne Université, Universität Hamburg, University Centre in Svalbard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Alabama in Huntsville, IBS Center for Climate Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Marine Institute, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, University of Saskatchewan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Universität Innsbruck, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, TU Wien, Joint Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Science Systems and Applications (United States), Woodland Trust, University of Vienna, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research, University of Birmingham, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales, The University of Tokyo, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ghent University, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Research Council, CSIRO Land and Water, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Remote Sensing Systems (United States), National Centre for Earth Observation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Boston University, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Ames Research Center, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Nichols College, UNSW Sydney, Columbia University, Finnish Environment Institute, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Northern Arizona University, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Irkutsk State University, University of Bern, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, University of California, Davis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Universities Space Research Association, York University, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, University of Miami, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Poznań University of Life Sciences, George Washington University, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Uppsala University, NOAA Climate Prediction Center, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Morgan State University
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3083340410