AlbedoTransect

=Albedo Transect=

We did an additional albedo transect about 0.5 km south of the profile that we did in December. The transect consists of 10 points (r10-r1 (snow to firn to blue ice)). We measured 10 points in order to increase the spatial resolution of the transect. Figure 1 shows the location of the transect relative to camp and Figure 2 shows the diffuse albedos along that transect. All locations, core numbers and albedos are in file The core inventory of which cores have been sent in which box and which cores are staying as backup in McMurdo is in file

Additional information for the albedo measurements: = =
 * Measurements 101-108 were made under mostly clear skies(except 104, 105 and 108 which had some clouds around, so the 5 albedos per site are variable). Surface inclinations were measured and are in the Site Summary.
 * Measurements 110-120 are transect measurements under diffuse light.
 * Measurements 124 and 125 are from Texas Bowl: clear skies and there was no blowing snow at 124, but there might be at 125 (the wind increased while we were there).
 * Measurements 121-123 are albedo measurements of different snow surfaces around camp, where Martin took samples. Those measurements were also made under diffuse light.