TY - GEN T1 - ISLSCP II AVHRR Albedo and BRDF, 1995 AU - STRAHLER, A.H. AU - SCHAAF, C. AU - TSVETSINSKAYA, E. DO - 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/928 UR - http://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=928 AB - This Albedo and BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) data set contains three files containing BRDF parameters, white- sky albedo and black-sky albedo at solar noon for three bands (350-680nm, 680-3000nm, and 350-30000nm) derived from AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer). These data are available at spatial resolutions of quarter, half, and one degree. Black-sky albedo (direct beam contribution) and white-sky (completely diffuse contribution) can be linearly combined as a function of the fraction of diffuse skylight (itself a function of optical depth) to provide an actual or instantaneous albedo at local solar noon. PY - 2009 PB - ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center LA - en ER -