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albedo
[ al-bee-doh ]
noun
- Astronomy. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
- Meteorology. such a ratio for any part of the earth's surface or atmosphere.
albedo
/ æˈːəʊ /
noun
- the ratio of the intensity of light reflected from an object, such as a planet, to that of the light it receives from the sun
- physics the probability that a neutron passing through a surface will return through that surface
albedo
/ ă-ŧ′ō /
- The fraction of the total light striking a surface that gets reflected from that surface. An object that has a high albedo (near 1) is very bright; an object that has a low albedo (near 0) is dark. The Earth's albedo is about 0.37. The Moon's is about 0.12.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of albedo1
Example Sentences
"Water vapor does not affect the albedo of Earth, so it did not affect our analysis of the magnitude of the aerosol forcing."
"We had already observed a slight decline in recent years. The data indicates that in 2023, the planetary albedo may have been at its lowest since at least 1940."
Even in these locations, however, albedo changes are likely to offset the net climate benefit by at least 20 percent in around two-thirds of cases.
Other potential outcomes include reductions in albedo — or the amount of light reflected by the ice — which would accelerate human-caused warming by creating an amplifying feedback loop.
The loss of ice affects land surface temperatures because of albedo, which is the measure of how reflective a surface is.
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