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Albedo

Albedo (/ælˈbiːdoʊ/ ⓘ al-BEE-doh; from Latin albedo 'whiteness') is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body. It is measured on a scale from 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation) to 1 (corresponding to a body that reflects all incident radiation). Surface albedo is defined as the ratio of radiosity Je…

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Terrestrial albedo

EarthEarth observationNASAMODISTerra
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Examples of terrestrial albedo effects

InsolationArcticAntarcticSahara DesertTropical
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Astronomical albedo

PlanetsSatellitesMinor planetsAsteroidsPhotometry
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LatinSunlightDiffusely reflectedBlack bodyRadiosity
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Albedo

Nodes126
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Triples110
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

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Albedo

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has effect · 17
Albedo → Aerosols, An, Antarctic, Arctic, Because, Earth, Earth's, For, In, Research, Sahara Desert, Si, Since, Spectral, The, This, Tropical
related to Terrestrial albedo · 17
Albedo → Aqua, As, BDRF, BRDF, CERES, Deeply, Earth, Earth's, JPSS, Most, NASA's MODIS, Suomi NPP, Terra, The, These, This, When
related to External links · 10
Albedo → Additional, Albedo Project Archived, April, Archived, EarthNASA MODIS BRDF/albedo, Encyclopedia, Lunar, March, Meteosat, Wayback Machine
related to Optical or visual albedo · 9
Albedo → Another, Enceladus, Eris, For, Many, Saturn, Solar System, Such, The
related to Changes to albedo due to human activities · 7
Albedo → An, CO2, Deliberately, Earth's, Gt, Human, Urbanization
related to Clouds · 7
Albedo → Cloud, Clouds, Different, Earth, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, On
related to Black carbon · 6
Albedo → Another, Arctic, Black, Climate Change, Intergovernmental Panel, The
related to Snow · 6
Albedo → Although, If, In Switzerland, Over Antarctica, Snow, These
related to Trees · 6
Albedo → For, Forests, In, Scientists, The, Trees
is a · 3
Albedo → directional integration of reflectance over all solar angles in a given period, first-order approximation of the Fresnel reflection coefficient, important concept in climate science

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surface solar climate ice radiation snow water feedback effect change temperature earth area areas high energy due light low land

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Albedois adirectional integration of reflectance over all solar angles in a given period0.90text
Albedois aimportant concept in climate science0.90text
Albedois afirst-order approximation of the Fresnel reflection coefficient0.90text
NASA's MODIS instruments on board the Terrainstance ofThis is far higher than for the ocean primarily because of the contribution of clouds.Earth's surface albedo is regularly estimated via Earth observation satellite sensors0.80text
Aqua satellitesinstance ofThis is far higher than for the ocean primarily because of the contribution of clouds.Earth's surface albedo is regularly estimated via Earth observation satellite sensors0.80text
and the CERES instrument on the Suomi NPPinstance ofThis is far higher than for the ocean primarily because of the contribution of clouds.Earth's surface albedo is regularly estimated via Earth observation satellite sensors0.80text
JPSSinstance ofThis is far higher than for the ocean primarily because of the contribution of clouds.Earth's surface albedo is regularly estimated via Earth observation satellite sensors0.80text
the Sahara Desertinstance ofwhereas areas0.80text
which also have a relatively high albedoinstance ofwhereas areas0.80text
will be hotter due to high insolationinstance ofwhereas areas0.80text
those that occur on the illuminated side of Earth near the terminatorinstance ofit becomes very high at high angles of incident light0.80text
asteroids can be used to infer much about their propertiesinstance ofsatellites and minor planets0.80text

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