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Chapter 6. Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES), 1985-2002
Greenland Ice Sheet Reflectance
Past and ongoing research have shown that several polar surface properties can be mapped through a combination of multispectral satellite and aircraft data. These properties include: spectrally integrated surface albedo, surface temperature, shortwave and longwave radiation balance, and snow properties. All of these parameters can be linked to the surface energy balance. Due to its large size and homogeneous surface, the Greenland ice sheet is an ideal test area for the development of remote sensing techniques in climate research. The satellite data used for this study formed the basis for surface temperature climatology (Marcel Hae- fliger, Ph.D. 1993) and a surface reflectance climatology (Julienne Stroeve, Ph.D. 1995) was derived for the ice sheet for the 1990-1994 period.
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