Title
Climatology of surface albedo at Camagüey Actinometric Station
Other title
[Climatología del albedo de superficie en la Estación Actinométrica de Camagüey]
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Platero Morejón I.
García Parrado F.
Centro Meteorológico Provincial de Camagüey
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Espanola de Optica
Abstract
Employing 30 years of solar radiation dataset from Camagüey Actinometric Station, the climatology of the Surface Albedo was determined for two solar disk state (Sun and Squared Sun). The obtained mean value for all period is 0.21 with a median of 0.209 and standard deviation of 0.0422. The WMO Guide to Climatological Practices was employed to determine this climatology. The dataset has been subjected to a meticulous quality control process, taking into accounts the criteria of Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN). The annual and multiannual means was established, as well as, the monthly and hourly mean values for the entire sample. The frequency distribution was determined for different combinations of active surface and their relation with the albedo values.
Start page
259
End page
269
Volume
48
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Investigación climática
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84956686539
Source
Optica Pura y Aplicada
ISSN of the container
00303917
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