albedo
albedo
Definition
al·bedo (al bē′dō)
noun pl. -·dos or -·does
- Astron. the reflecting power of a planet, satellite, or asteroid, expressed as a ratio of reflected light to the total amount falling on the surface
- Physics the degree to which a surface reflects subnuclear particles, esp. neutrons, that strike it: expressed as the ratio of the number of particles that leave the surface in any direction to the number that strike it
Etymology: LL(Ec), whiteness < L albus, white: see elf
albedo
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: Secondly the clouds, which have a high albedo, can create a negative feedback helping to cool the forest area.
- increase: This increases the daytime albedo but also increases the night-time heat retentivity of the atmosphere for an additional heat gain.
- decrease: Additionally, soot from faraway sources has darkened snow and ice, further decreasing albedo.
Adjective modifier
- low: The surface is covered with a darker material causing Hyperion to have a lower albedo compared to other icy moons.
- high: Secondly the clouds, which have a high albedo, can create a negative feedback helping to cool the forest area.
- global: Water formation as cloud droplets: Clouds are efficient cleansers of atmospheric pollution and clouds contribute to an increased global albedo.
- geometric: The value of the geometric albedo of Mimas reported here, is definitely higher than the currently accepted value of about 0.5.
- planetary: From the area of the planet, semi-major axis and amount of reflected light, the planetary albedos can be derived.
- increased: Water formation as cloud droplets: Clouds are efficient cleansers of atmospheric pollution and clouds contribute to an increased global albedo.
Modifies a noun
- effect: The combination of these two factors causes the greatest possible acceleration due to the albedo effect.
- value: OK, let's start with the albedo value.
- feature: The prominent markings seem to be only albedo features with very low relief.
- change: A comparative study of the effects of albedo change on drought in semi- arid regions.
- photon: At this point in the orbit the solar panels are orthogonal to the albedo photon flux, thereby presenting the maximum surface area.
- flux: At this point in the orbit the solar panels are orthogonal to the albedo photon flux, thereby presenting the maximum surface area.
Noun used with modifier
- surface: Kipp & Zonen Net Radiometers in use recording surface albedo at the Jornada test site, New Mexico, USA in May 1997.
- percentage: Visible channels are percentage albedo and have values 0 to 100.
Possessives
- earth: This could impact the global climate system through its effect on the carbon and water cycles and on the Earth's albedo.
Preposition: of
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