Table 2.
Characteristics of ground measurements for Landsat-8 albedo validation
| Name | Network | Latitude | Longitude | Land Cover |
Tower Height/ Footprint Diameter (m) |
Instrumentation | Number of Landsat-8 images(snow/snow- free) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow | BSRN | 71.323°N | 156.626°W | Tundra | 4/50.5 | Kipp and Zonen albedomete rs | 8/7 |
| Imnavait | AON | 68.613°N | 149.312°W | Tussock Tundra | 2.5/30 | Eppley Pyranomet er | 9/5 |
| Sioux Falls | SURFRAD | 43.734°N | 96.623°W | Grassland | 10/127 | Eppley Pyranomet er | 4/17 |
| Table Mountain (Boulder) | SURFRAD | 40.126°N | 105.238°W | Grassland | 10/127 | Eppley Pyranomter | 2/38 |
| Morgan Monroe State Forest Indiana | Ameriflux | 39.323°N | 86.413°W | Deciduous Broadleaf Forest | 48/610 | Kipp and Zonen albedomete rs | 2/16 |
| Howland West forest | Ameriflux | 45.209°N | 68.747°W | Evergreen Needlelea f Forest | 30/366 | Kipp and Zonen albedomete rs | 3/6 |