NAME

       i.albedo  - Computes broad band albedo from surface reflectance.

KEYWORDS

       imagery, albedo, reflectance, satellite, Landsat, ASTER, AVHRR, MODIS

SYNOPSIS

       i.albedo
       i.albedo --help
       i.albedo  [-mnl8acd]  input=name[,name,...]  output=name  [--overwrite]  [--help]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]
       [--ui]

   Flags:
       -m
           MODIS (7 input bands:1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

       -n
           NOAA AVHRR (2 input bands:1,2)

       -l
           Landsat 5+7 (6 input bands:1,2,3,4,5,7)

       -8
           Landsat 8 (7 input bands:1,2,3,4,5,6,7)

       -a
           ASTER (6 input bands:1,3,5,6,8,9)

       -c
           Aggressive mode (Landsat)
           Albedo dry run to calculate some water to beach/sand/desert stretching, a kind of simple  atmospheric
           correction

       -d
           Soft mode (MODIS)
           Albedo  dry run to calculate some water to beach/sand/desert stretching, a kind of simple atmospheric
           correction

       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --help
           Print usage summary

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

       --ui
           Force launching GUI dialog

   Parameters:
       input=name[,name,...] [required]
           Name of input raster map

       output=name [required]
           Name for output raster map

DESCRIPTION

       i.albedo calculates the albedo, that  is  the  Shortwave  surface  reflectance  in  the  range  of  0.3-3
       micro-meters.   It  takes as input individual bands of surface reflectance originating from MODIS, AVHRR,
       Landsat or Aster satellite sensors and calculates the albedo for those.  This is a precursor to r.sun and
       any energy-balance processing.

NOTES

       It uses for Landsat 8 the weighted average reflectance (temporary solution until an algorithm is found).

       It assumes MODIS product surface reflectance in [0;10000].

EXAMPLE

       The following example creates the raster map "albedo_lsat7_1987" from the LANDSAT-TM5 bands in the  North
       Carolina dataset:
       g.region raster=lsat5_1987_10 -p
       i.albedo -l input=lsat5_1987_10,lsat5_1987_20,lsat5_1987_30,lsat5_1987_40,lsat5_1987_50,lsat5_1987_70 output=albedo_lsat7_1987

       Figure: Resulting albedo map from LANDSAT 5

       The  following example creates the raster map "albedo_lsat7_2000" from the LANDSAT-TM7 bands in the North
       Carolina dataset:
       g.region raster=lsat7_2000_10 -p
       i.albedo -l input=lsat7_2000_10,lsat7_2000_20,lsat7_2000_30,lsat7_2000_40,lsat7_2000_50,lsat7_2000_70 output=albedo_lsat7_2000

       Figure: Resulting albedo map from LANDSAT 7

TODO

       Maybe change input requirement of MODIS to [0.0-1.0]?

REFERENCES

       For a 2 band determination of the Aster BB Albedo see the following:

       Salleh and Chan, 2014. Land Surface Albedo Determination: Remote Sensing and Statistical  Validation.  in
       proceedings of FIG 2014 (PDF)

SEE ALSO

        r.sun, i.vi

AUTHOR

       Yann Chemin

SOURCE CODE

       Available at: i.albedo source code (history)

       Accessed: Friday Apr 04 01:20:46 2025

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GRASS 8.4.1                                                                                     i.albedo(1grass)