The "albedo", A, of a surface is defined as the ratio of, Ir, the radiation reflected by the surface and Io, the radiation incident upon the surface; or, A=Ir/Io. It is expressed either as a percentage or simply as a number. The term "reflectivity coefficient” is used by some authors for the same quantity. It is also understood that the albedo is restricted to the solar component of the radiation spectrum. For the present study the range of wavelengths is set effectively by the capability of the sensing instrument used which, in this case, is limited to the range 0.3 to 2.0 microns for the Kipp and Zonen Solarimeter. The energy emitted by the sun contained in the wavelengths greater than 2.0 microns is small by comparison to the energy contained in the wavelengths specified and can be safely ignored.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.115383 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Chia, Lin. S. |
| Contributors | Hare, F. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Geography.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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