Land surface properties - Land surface albedo dynamics
The land surface was predominantly darker than normal during 2021 compared to the 2003–2020 baseline in terms of visible broadband white-sky albedo and normal for near-infrared albedo. The patterns of surface albedo largely follow the dynamics of snow cover and vegetation dynamics, and 2021 was no exception. Also, as higher temperatures and CO2 fertilization increase vegetation cover, the surface darkens considerably in terms of visible albedo and brightens slightly in terms of near-infrared albedo. In 2021, the visible albedo anomaly became negative, following two years of positive values.
DUVEILLER G.;
GOBRON Nadine;
2022-09-28
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
JRC130259
0003-0007 (online),
https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/8/BAMS-D-22-0092.1.xml,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC130259,
10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0092.1 (online),
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