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A preliminary map of summer albedo over England and Wales
Author(s) -
Barry R. G.,
Chambers Ruth E.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709239410
Subject(s) - woodland , albedo (alchemy) , environmental science , geography , vegetation cover , vegetation (pathology) , physical geography , range (aeronautics) , climatology , meteorology , remote sensing , geology , ecology , land use , history , medicine , materials science , pathology , biology , performance art , composite material , art history
Albedo data are presented from ground and airborne measurements over different types of cover in Southern England. Summer values show a range of at least 10 per cent (15 per cent for heath, 16 to 18 for woodland and built‐up areas and 24 to 25 per cent for green cereals and grass). These and published albedos are used to prepare a map of summer albedo over the country based on the vegetation maps in The Atlas of Britain.