Dear Ted Thanks for this explanation:
> Reflectance is the ratio of outgoing radiance to incoming irradiance > giving it units of per steradians. > Albedo is the ratio of outgoing irradiance to incoming irradiance > and is unitless. > Because the proposed quantity is unitless, albedo is the better term. > However, albedo is the integral over all angles of the bidirectional > reflectance. In general, true > planetary albedo would account for this angular dependence. To make clear the > assumption regarding the Lambertian surface I still propose using the term Lambertian equivalent in the name. Thus: > toa_lambertian_equivalent_albedo > toa_lambertian_equivalent_albdeo_multiplied_by_cosine_solar_zenith_angle OK, with small L in lambertian as you had before (because stdnames are all in lower case). Thanks! Cheers Jonathan _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
