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Jin et al. 2004
Jin, Z., Charlock, T.P., Smith, W.L. and Rutledge, K. (2004). A parameterization of ocean surface albedo. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021180. issn: 0094-8276.

Measurements at a sea platform show that the ocean surface albedo is highly variable and is sensitive to four physical parameters: solar zenith angle, wind speed, transmission by atmospheric cloud/aerosol, and ocean chlorophyll concentration. Using a validated coupled ocean-atmosphere radiative transfer model, an ocean albedo look up table is created in terms of these four important parameters. A code to read the table is also provided; it gives spectral albedos for a range of oceanic and atmospheric conditions specified by the user. The result is a fast and accurate parameterization of ocean surface albedo for radiative transfer and climate modeling.

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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Radiative processes, Global Change, Climate dynamics, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504), Oceanography, Physical, Ocean optics, Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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