Development of a Novel Multispectral Instrument for Handheld and UAS Measurements of Surface Albedo; First Applications for Glaciers in the Peruvian Andes and for Nevada’s Black Rock Desert

Jayne Michelle Boehmler1, Chris Stevens2,3, William P Arnott2, Adam Watts4, John All3,5 and Carl G Schmitt3,6, (1)University of Nevada Reno, Reno, United States, (2)University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States, (3)American Climber Science Program, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)DRI Desert Research Institute, Reno, United States, (5)Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States, (6)Alaska Climate Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States