With snow still on the ground for many in southeast Minnesota and North Iowa, we are starting to see how the snowpack is impacting our daily high temperatures ...

The "albedo effect" will be in full force Thursday and Friday, exposing a high temperature gradient throughout SE Minnesota ...

Albedo is a term that represents the ability of Earth’s surface to reflect solar radiation. This is the primary factor of the energy balance between the surface and the atmosphere. When snow falls, ...

FARGO — Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. Most solar radiation passes directly through air with relatively little absorption. The reason it is ...

Using remote sensing, researchers from China and the United States have quantified the effects of solar farms (SFs) on albedo, vegetation, and land surface temperature (LST). Namely, they have used ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Qomolangma station covered in snow, late December 2021. CREDIT Weiqiang Ma Albedo is a term that represents the ability of Earth’s surface to reflect solar radiation. This ...