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What is the percentage of solar radiation reflected from a surface?
This is called the "albedo." It is the ratio of reflected light compared to incident light, and depends on the surface material and its condition (e.g. snow, grassland).
The surface reflectivity of a planet or moon is called?
Albedo. The albedo of the Earth is 0.367. When Vangelis released his album, Albedo 0.39, that was what the albedo of Earth was in 1976.
What represents the reflectivity of a surface?
albedo
What has the lowest albrdo?
Charcoal has the lowest albedo. Albedo is the reflectivity of light from a surface.
What is Reflectivity of the Earth's surface called?
Albedo
Which cause more light reflection albedo 2 or albedo 3?
Albedo is a measure of reflectivity; it is a measure of the percentage of light reflected from a surface. A perfect mirror would have an albedo of 1, while white snow has an albedo of about 0.9. Charcoal has an albedo of about 0.04.An albedo higher than 1 is impossible.
Why is Ganymede Jupiter's brightest moon?
Because it has the highest albedo, or it's ability to diffuse light from it's surface, combined with the fact that it is the largest moon of Jupiter.
What is radiant energy reflected back by a surface called?
Albedo
The reflectivity of a surface such as the ground or a cloud is known as what?
it is called albedo
The albedo of the earth's surface is the fraction of solar radiation that is?
reflected.
What is the albedo of Neptune?
The average overall albedo of Earth, itsplanetary albedo, is 30 to 35%, because of the covering by clouds, but varies widely locally across the surface, depending on the geological and environmental features.
What are the factors the determine a planets albedo?
Clouds can increase a planet's albedo asthey reflect the radiation
