A perfect mirror would have an albedo of 100 % while a black hole would have an albedo of 0 %. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The word albedo refers to the percentage of light an object reflects. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Already the albedo is changing beacuse the big polar glaciers are melting. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Attacking Global Warming Science: Where There’s George Will, There’s a Way] Reference
I'd think that reduction in albedo effect from the capture of solar power is a more important thing. From Wordnik.com. [concentrating solar power and heller systems] Reference
The purified state is known as albedo, or whiteness. From Wordnik.com. [Collage: Neck Deep in the Nigredo] Reference
The white surfaces of snow and ice reflect heat - a process known as the albedo effect. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
What you are referring to is called the albedo of the surface, and changes have a major impact on climate and warming. From Wordnik.com. [Solar Dreams, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Won't changing the light-absorption profile (called the albedo) actually undercut the climate value of installing solar?. From Wordnik.com. [Ars Technica] Reference
It's called albedo and it's a postive feedback system that prolongs glacial periods because cooling over time is the outcome. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The loss of Arctic sea ice helps accelerate the warming of the atmosphere in the far north, thanks to what's known as the albedo effect. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Still throwing in the word "albedo" was a cute touch. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
And a bank of the stuff in the atmosphere creates "albedo". From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
A parametrisation of ocean albedo which is depending on wind speed. From Wordnik.com. [Wild et al 2001 on Downward Longwave Radiation « Climate Audit] Reference
The word "albedo" refers to the amount of light that a surface reflects. From Wordnik.com. [Albedo] Reference
Originally "albedo" referred to that proportion of solar light shining on a planet that is reflected from that planet. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Chaos]
We're standing on this -- this nice granite, which, again, it's got a high albedo, meaning that it reflects a lot of the sun's rays. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2007] Reference
Regarding warming in the antarctic, nobody seems to mention much the effect of wind speed on ocean albedo which is apparently very marked. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #14 « Climate Audit] Reference
That’s called albedo, and it’s not a small effect. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Primer on Global Warming] Reference
Crutzen called it albedo enhancement ( "albedo" is just another word for reflectivity). From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
Frozen ice has an "albedo", or reflectivity, of around 80 per cent, whereas open water reflects only around 20pc of the sun's rays. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
We'll have the albedo measurement in a few minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet] Reference
The asteroid's efficiency in reflecting sunlight was its albedo. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet] Reference
Increases in albedo are negative feedbacks so lowering temperature. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Budyko and Sellers present models of catastrophic ice-albedo feedbacks. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Change Timeline] Reference
Effects of snow cover on UV irradiance and surface albedo: a case study. From Wordnik.com. [Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic] Reference
If the asteroid's albedo matched it, that would be one piece of evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet] Reference
Effect of sea ice on top-of-atmosphere albedo and on satellite retrievals. From Wordnik.com. [Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic] Reference
Case study on the influence of inhomogeneous surface albedo on UV irradiance. From Wordnik.com. [Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic] Reference
There are other metals with a higher albedo, but none that give a richer effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Misplaced Battleship] Reference
For example: albedo feedback, thermohaline feedback, and greenhouse gas feedback. From Wordnik.com. [Ocean processes of climatic importance in the Arctic] Reference
Surface albedo at UV wavelengths is generally low, except in the presence of snow cover. From Wordnik.com. [Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic] Reference
Upwelling UV spectral irradiance and surface albedo measurements at Lauder, New Zealand. From Wordnik.com. [Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic] Reference
Spectral albedo measurements in the UV and visible region over different types of surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [Factors affecting surface ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic] Reference
A new approach to estimating the albedo for snow-covered surfaces in the satellite UV method. From Wordnik.com. [Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic] Reference
Use of the moving time-window technique to determine surface albedo from TOMS reflectivity data. From Wordnik.com. [Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic] Reference
If anything of the right size shows up, decelerate until we can get mass and albedo measurements. From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
The higher albedo leads to a 40 to 55% enhancement of erythemal UV radiation when skies are clear. From Wordnik.com. [Long-term change and variability in surface UV irradiance in the Arctic] Reference
But one moment of full communication should be enough, X (A/N) TH reflected, his albedo increasing. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
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