K.P. Shine, Quart. J. Royal Meteor. It appears to be deficient for predicting surface irradiance at high spectral resolution under certain circumstances. Made observations of young ice in a constructed pond, and first-year sea ice in the field. Albedo generally increased with increasing wavelength from 305 to 380 nm, with values in the 0.4-0.6 range.
Snow cover profoundly reduced transmittance of UV light through sea ice.
The attenuation of UV light by sea ice and snow was greater than that of photosynthetically active radiation. Estimated the effect of ozone and cloudiness on biologically effective UV irradiation by a combination of irradiance measurements and model calculations. Lower cloud amount in summer months enhanced the effect of low ozone values and may have led to adverse biological impacts. Higher cloud amount in winter months reduced the effect. V.E. Fioletov, ibid. , 1249-1252.