albedo

Calculate the albedo value given geographical location and tau factor.
Source: Appelbaum, Joseph &amp; Landis, Geoffrey &amp; Sherman, I. (1991). Solar radiation on Mars — Update 1991.

A set of functions to calculate solar irradiance and insolation on Mars horizontal and inclined surfaces. Based on NASA Technical Memoranda 102299, 103623, 105216, 106321, and 106700, i.e. the canonical Mars solar radiation papers.

Georges Labrèche

marsrad

Mars Solar Radiation

albedo function

<dl><dt>latitude</dt>
<dd>Planetary latitude [deg], from -90° to +90°</dd>
<dt>longitude</dt>
<dd>Planetary longitude [deg], from -180° to 180°</dd>
<dt>tau</dt>
<dd>Atmospheric optical depth (dimensionless)</dd>
<dt>coordinates_rounding</dt>
<dd>Logical, whether to round coordinates to nearest grid point</dd></dl>

Arguments

The albedo function. — albedo

<dl>

<dt>latitude</dt>
<dd>Planetary latitude [deg], from -90° to +90°</dd>


<dt>longitude</dt>
<dd>Planetary longitude [deg], from -180° to 180°</dd>


<dt>tau</dt>
<dd>Atmospheric optical depth (dimensionless)</dd>


<dt>coordinates_rounding</dt>
<dd>Logical, whether to round coordinates to nearest grid point</dd>

</dl>

albedo: The albedo function.

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