Technical note: A low-cost albedometer for snow and ice measurements – theoretical results and application on a tropical mountain in Bolivia

This study presents a new instrument called a low-cost albedometer (LCA) composed of two illuminance sensors that are used to measure in situ incident and reflected illuminance values on a daily timescale. The ratio between reflected vs. incident illuminances is called the <i>albedo index&...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: T. Condom, M. Dumont, L. Mourre, J. E. Sicart, A. Rabatel, A. Viani, A. Soruco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-06-01
Series:Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Online Access:https://www.geosci-instrum-method-data-syst.net/7/169/2018/gi-7-169-2018.pdf