ALBEDO

Parameter Variable and Physical Definition

Albedo: Brightness of a surface based on characteristics of the surface, measured as a ratio of incident light to reflected light.

Davinci Usage

Davinci Definition:

• The bolometric albedo

Values:

• Input = Real Value Parameter

• Can also be input as Seasonal-Dependent Parameter

i.e. 2 x n array: where entries in column 1 is a particular seasonal indicator and entries in column 2 is the albedo for the particular seasonal indicator of the same row

• Units: Unitless

• Range = (0, 1), if less than 0:

• Default Value = Albedo based on latitude and longitude location from 2 ppd MOLA

Input Parameter Name:

• ALBEDO

KRC Usage

KRC Definition:

• Same as Physical Definition

Values:

• Input = Real Value Parameter in F10.2 FORTRAN format

i.e. Floating point value, with a field width of 10, including leading blank spaces, plus or minus sign, decimal point and 2 integers after the decimal point.

• Units: Same as Davinci

• Range = (0, 1)

• Default Value = 0.25

Input Parameter Name:

• Same as Davinci (Old Parameter Name Listed in Helplist as: ALB)

Example:

See the default master input file as an example: master.inp