Average broadband planar albedo for July 2019 derived from
the Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on board the European Union
Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite.

Albedo is a fractional value ranging from 0-1 representing the amount of
incident solar radiation reflected from the surface.

=== Original Data Source ===
SICE 1 km broadband albedo monthly averages and visualisations

We present a simplified atmospheric correction algorithm for
snow/ice albedo retrievals using single view satellite
measurements. The validation of the technique is performed using
Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on board Copernicus
Sentinel-3 satellite and ground spectral or broadband albedo
measurements from locations on the Greenland ice sheet and in the
French Alps. Through comparison with independent ground
observations, the technique is shown to perform accurately in a
range of conditions from a 2100 m elevation mid-latitude location in
the French Alps to a network of 15 locations across a 2390 m
elevation range in seven regions across the Greenland ice
sheet. Retrieved broadband albedo is accurate within 5% over a wide
(0.5) broadband albedo range of the (N = 4155) Greenland
observations and with no apparent bias.

Citation:
Kokhanovsky A, Box JE, Vandecrux B, Mankoff KD, Lamare M,
Smirnov A and Kern M (2020) The Determination of Snow Albedo
from Satellite Measurements Using Fast Atmospheric Correction
Technique. Remote Sensing 12(2), 234 doi: 10.3390/rs12020234
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/2/234

Citation URL:
doi.org/10.22008/FK2/URJ2VK