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

Usage

albedo(latitude, longitude, tau, coordinates_rounding = TRUE)

Arguments

latitude

Planetary latitude [deg], from -90° to +90°

longitude

Planetary longitude [deg], from -180° to 180°

tau

Atmospheric optical depth (dimensionless)

coordinates_rounding

Logical, whether to round coordinates to nearest grid point

Value

Surface albedo value (dimensionless, 0-1)