0 the amount of the light hitting a surface that it reflects back, especially the surface of a planet or other body in space:
Open water is one of the substances with the lowest albedo that we have on Earth.
Scientists detected what could be a 2.5 percent decrease in Earth's albedo over the past five years.
The albedo effect - the reflection of 80% of the sun's heat by the snow and ice - keeps temperatures in the region cool.
As the ice shelves melt, more trees grow, which might actually make things worse by reducing the albedo effect.
Enceladus has an albedo greater than 90 percent, whereas the Earth and its moon have albedos of 38 percent and 12 percent, respectively.
The object discovered by astronomers is believed to have a diameter of roughly 550 miles, based on assumptions of its surface reflectivity, or albedo.
Sagebrush has a much lower albedo than wildflowers - that is, it reflects less sunlight back into space, causing even more warming.
As the meadows vanish, a beneficial feedback loop - in which their high albedo helps to cool the world - is replaced by a harmful one.
It is not entirely clear why the Arctic is warming much more quickly than other areas. One factor is probably albedo, or the heat-reflecting value of ice.
Effective albedo for gap feeding upper pinch in doublepinch at peak temperature !
The effect of perceived surface orientation on perceived surface albedo in binocularly viewed scenes.
This energy balance depends on, among other factors, the planetary albedo.
