Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) satellite is scheduled for launch in the Fall of 1997 aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). A surface measurement pilot study has been initiated in a 37-km region near Richmond, VA, for comparison with the CERES surface flux retrievals. Two-minute averaged upwelling and downwelling surface fluxes over a mostly deciduous forest have been recorded daily for the past two years, and show a broadband, shortwave daily albedo increase during the summer months. Evidence is presented that indicates vegetational changes in the forest as the overriding mechanism for this change. Upwelling flux measured over the entire region by helicopter-mounted instrumentation has been processed for four solar seasons. Future plans include the installation of four more albedo surface sites over various types of vegetation throughout the region.
Keywords:
Meteorology and Climatology
Type:
Proceedings of the 9th AMS Conference on Atmospheric Radiation; Feb 02, 1997 - Feb 07, 1997; Long Beach, CA; United States|Proceedings of the 9th AMS Conference on Atmospheric Radiation; 456
Format:
application/pdf
