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| • | Absorbed
solar radiation depends strongly |
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albedo: Abs Solar = Solar (1 – a) |
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| • | Snow
cover reflects solar radiation and diminishes |
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| absorbed
solar radiation |
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| • | Annually,
snow cover at high elevation later in |
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than in valleys tends to cause absorbed solar |
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| radiation
to diminish with elevation |
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| Whiteman (2000) |