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    Variations in Surface Albedo Arising from Flooding and Desiccation Cycles on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

    Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2019:;volume 058:;issue 004::page 773
    Author:
    Craft, Kevin M.
    ,
    Horel, John D.
    DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0219.1
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: AbstractDesert playas, such as those in northern Utah, form a landscape often in stark contrast to surrounding mountain ranges due to their minimal topographic relief, lack of vegetation, and saline soils. Dry highly reflective halite surfaces, which make up many of the desert playas in northern Utah, are generally characterized by a surface albedo over 40%. However, their albedo can be reduced abruptly to less than 20% by flooding due to rainfall, runoff from surrounding higher terrain, or surface winds transporting shallow water across the playas. A weather station installed during September 2016 to study the Bonneville Salt Flats (BSF) in northern Utah provides estimates of surface albedo that can be related to cycles of flooding and desiccation of the halite surface. The normalized difference water index (NDWI) derived from the MODIS MOD09A1 land surface reflectance product estimates the fractional coverage of surface water over the BSF. NDWI values computed over 8-day periods from 2000 to 2018 highlight year-to-year and seasonal variations in playa flooding events over the BSF. Periods of playa flooding were observed with both ground-based observations and NDWI with sharp reductions in albedo when the surface is flooded.
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    contributor authorCraft, Kevin M.
    contributor authorHorel, John D.
    date accessioned2019-10-05T06:49:38Z
    date available2019-10-05T06:49:38Z
    date copyright2/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
    date issued2019
    identifier otherJAMC-D-18-0219.1.pdf
    identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl1/handle/yetl/4263543
    description abstractAbstractDesert playas, such as those in northern Utah, form a landscape often in stark contrast to surrounding mountain ranges due to their minimal topographic relief, lack of vegetation, and saline soils. Dry highly reflective halite surfaces, which make up many of the desert playas in northern Utah, are generally characterized by a surface albedo over 40%. However, their albedo can be reduced abruptly to less than 20% by flooding due to rainfall, runoff from surrounding higher terrain, or surface winds transporting shallow water across the playas. A weather station installed during September 2016 to study the Bonneville Salt Flats (BSF) in northern Utah provides estimates of surface albedo that can be related to cycles of flooding and desiccation of the halite surface. The normalized difference water index (NDWI) derived from the MODIS MOD09A1 land surface reflectance product estimates the fractional coverage of surface water over the BSF. NDWI values computed over 8-day periods from 2000 to 2018 highlight year-to-year and seasonal variations in playa flooding events over the BSF. Periods of playa flooding were observed with both ground-based observations and NDWI with sharp reductions in albedo when the surface is flooded.
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleVariations in Surface Albedo Arising from Flooding and Desiccation Cycles on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume58
    journal issue4
    journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
    identifier doi10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0219.1
    journal fristpage773
    journal lastpage785
    treeJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2019:;volume 058:;issue 004
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