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Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6195-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6195-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
Research article
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28 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2021

Effect of snow-covered ground albedo on the accuracy of air temperature measurements

Chiara Musacchio, Graziano Coppa, Gaber Begeš, Christina Hofstätter-Mohler, Laura Massano, Guido Nigrelli, Francesca Sanna, and Andrea Merlone

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Short summary
In the context of the overhaul of the WMO/CIMO guide (no. 8) on instruments and methods of observation, we performed an experiment to quantify uncertainties in air temperature measurements due to reflected solar radiation from a snow-covered surface. Coupled sensors with different radiation shields were put under different ground conditions (grass vs. snow) for a whole winter. Results show that different shields may reduce the influence of backward radiation, which can produce errors up to 3 °C.
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