What are Effects of high albedo?

Answer 1

The albedo is the relative reflectivity of light from a surface, which for solar radiation indicates the percentage of solar energy that is not absorbed. Darker bodies generally have a lower reflectivity value.
its the overall coefficient of reflectivity of an object

Answer 2

The Albedo Effect is the amount of sunlight that is reflected from the earth's surface. It generally most strongest in places where the surface is that are light in color such as snow, and weakest in darker areas such as the ocean.

Answer 3

Reflected light. If an object's (say Venus's) albedo is high, that means it seems bright for bodies of its size and distance. If the body is dark and its surface absorbs rather than reflects light (as does Callisto's), its albedo is low.

Answer 4

Albedo is a measurement of the reflectivity of an object, generally applied to celestial objects. An albedo of 1 would be perfectly reflective; it would reflect 100% of all the energy that strikes it. An albedo of 0 would be totally NON-reflective; NONE of the radiant energy that hits it would be reflective.

The Earth has an albedo of about 0.35, depending on the weather; clouds and snow reflect more, while trees and oceans reflect less.

The Moon has an albedo of about 0.04; it reflects about 4% of the incident light. The Moon is about as reflective as a charcoal briquette.

Answer 5

Albedo is a fractional measure of reflectivity. The higher the albedo, the more energy is reflected. A body with an albedo of 1 would be a perfect reflector. An object with an albedo of zero would absorb all the energy that hits it.

Overall, the Earth has an albedo of about .35, so about 35% of all the light that hits the Earth is reflected away, but that varies by terrain. High albedo areas are covered with clouds or snow or ice, or still water if the angle of incidence is low. Forests have low albedo, while wheat fields are average. Sand and dirt are quite low.

If you are concerned about global warming there are several easy and inexpensive steps to take to raise your personal albedo. If you are in the road construction business, concrete highways have a much higher albedo - reflecting away more heat - than black asphalt roads. Covering all highways with concrete instead of asphalt is probably the most cost-effective way of making MAJOR changes, And any of us can change our roofs to be white. The shingles on my roof are very light color, and reflect away a lot of heat. I can tell, because my air conditioning costs went down after I did it. If every roof were white, there would be no more threat of global warming.

Answer 6

The moon's albedo is the amount of light that it gets that is reflected back into space. The moon's albedo is about 12%.

Answer 7

The albedo of the Moon is 0.12. The Earth for comparison is 0.367.

"Vangelis" referred to the Earth as 0.39 on his album

Answer 8

A very bright moon surface,caused by reflected sunlight