The observed albedo over a natural water surface, as a function of solar elevation and cloud cover, is reproduced semi-theoretically by considering the distribution of slope on the sea surface. The relation of the albedo to the wind velocity and the turbidity of the atmosphere is also considered.
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Wayne V. Burt (1954) studied this question.
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