SSA

Single Scattering Albedo

Attributes

float | continuous | dynamic | unit-less | advanced

Description

The variable SSA (Single Scattering Albedo) is a dimension-less variable that defines the spectrally-independent ratio between an aerosol scattering and extinction coefficients, thus controling the fraction of aerosol absorption and scattering. Its values range from 0 to 1, with typical aerosol values between 0.85 and 1 (Holben et al., 1998, Hess et al., 1998, Dubovik et al., 2002).

If SSA=-1 (default value),6SV will reset the value SSA to 0.9, typical for OPAC continental average aerosol model.

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