Surface albedo measurements in Mexico City metropolitan area
Optical and thermal properties of soils are important input data for the meteorological and photochemical modules of air quality models. As development of these models increase on spatial resolution good albedo data become more important. In this paper measurements of surface albedo of UV (295-385 nm) and visible (450-550 nm) radiation are reported for different urban and rural surfaces in the vicinity of Mexico City. It was found for the downtown zone an average albedo value of 0.05 which is in very good agreement with reported values for urban surfaces. Our albedo values measured in UV region for grey cement and geen grass are of 0.10 and 0.009, respectively, and quite similar to those found at the literature of 0.11 and 0.008 for those type of surfaces.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera
2001
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-62362001000200002 |
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