Narrowband to broadband conversions of land surface albedo: II. Validation

Abstract

In the first paper of this series, we developed narrowband to broadband albedo conversion formulae for a series of sensors. These formulae were determined based on extensive radiative transfer simulations under different surface and atmospheric conditions. However, it is important to validate the simulation results using independent measurement data. In this paper, the validation results for three broadband albedos (total-shortwave, -visible and -near-IR albedos) using ground measurement of several cover types on five different days at Beltsville, MD are presented. Results show that the conversion formulae in the previous paper are very accurate and the average residual standard errors of the resulting broadband albedos for most sensors are around 0.02, which meets the required accuracy for land surface modeling. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Inc.