Impact of stratiform liquid water clouds on vegetation albedo quantified by coupling an atmosphere and a vegetation radiative transfer model

Wolf, Kevin; Jäkel, Evelyn; Ehrlich, André; Schäfer, Michael; Feilhauer, Hannes; Huth, Andreas; Weigelt, Alexandra; Wendisch, Manfred

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2909-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2909-2025

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2909-2025

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

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24 Jun 2025

Research article |

| 24 Jun 2025

Impact of stratiform liquid water clouds on vegetation albedo quantified by coupling an atmosphere and a vegetation radiative transfer model

Kevin Wolf, Evelyn Jäkel, André Ehrlich, Michael Schäfer, Hannes Feilhauer, Andreas Huth, Alexandra Weigelt, and Manfred Wendisch

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Simulated spectral irradiances, radiances, and vegetation albedo obtained from coupling libRadtran and SCOPE2.0 K. Wolf et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15275610

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This paper reports an investigation of the influence of clouds on vegetation albedo using a coupled atmosphere–vegetation radiative transfer model. Both models are iteratively linked to simulate cloud–vegetation–radiation interactions over canopies more realistically. Solar, spectral, and broadband irradiances have been simulated under varying cloud conditions. The simulated irradiances were used to investigate the spectral and broadband effect of clouds on vegetation albedo.