The Determination of Snow Albedo Using Combined Aatsr and Meris Observations
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The modern global warming trends require permanent monitoring of the atmospheric and underlying surface parameters on a global scale. This can be achieved only using satellite observations (preferably, from a geostationary orbit). One of key parameters to monitor is the snow and ice global cover and also snow/ice albedo. This is due to the fact that snow and ice are highly reflective surfaces and there is a trend in the reduction of the snow/ice cover and also the reduction of snow albedo due to the anthropogenic aerosol pollution. In this paper we propose a novel technique for monitoring snow albedo from space using MERIS and AATSR onboard ENVISAT.
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