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al·be·do

(al-bē'dō),

A white area of the retina resulting from edema or infarction.

[L. whiteness]

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albedo

the reflectivity of a surface usually expressed as the percentage of radiation reflected e.g. solar radiation reflected from the atmosphere, clouds and the earth's surface. The albedo of an object gives an indication of its composition.

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The downloaded MODIS albedo images were in compressed Hierarchical Data Format- Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format accompanied by corresponding metadata.

Estimation of snow water equivalent from MODIS Albedo for a non-instrumented watershed in Eastern Himalayan Region

McCabe, 2014: The influence of inter-annually varying albedo on regional climate and drought.

MECHANISMS AND EARLY WARNING OF DROUGHT DISASTERS: Experimental Drought Meteorology Research over China: A major research project in China was launched to measure and model ecohydrometeorological processes for drought disasters and to disseminate multidisciplinar/ information by establishing a northern China drought information system

O albedo do solo para radiacao fotossinteticamente ativa ([[alpha].sub.par]) foi estimado pela razao entre a radiacao fotossinteticamente ativa refletida pelo solo abaixo do dossel ([PAR.sub.ref]) e a radiacao fotossinteticamente ativa incidente abaixo do dossel ([PAR.sub.inc]) (FOKEN, 2008).

SPACE-TEMPORAL VARIATION OF PAR REFLECTED BY THE SOIL AND TRANSMITTED BY THE CANOPY IN A FLOODPLAIN FOREST OF MATO GROSSO STATE, BRAZIL/VARIACAO ESPACO-TEMPORAL DA PAR REFLETIDA PELO SOLO E TRANSMITIDA PELO DOSSEL EM FLORESTA INUNDAVEL NO PANTANAL MATO-GROSSENSE

But black carbon deposits, emitted by burning diesel, wood and fossil fuels, darken the surface of snow and lower its albedo, meaning that it melts faster.

Snow in the Andes as clean as Canadian Arctic: study

Researchers developed an approach to quantify the impacts of changes to pavement albedo in different locales, and then translate those changes into global warming potential.

TRB: Albedo change study quantifies role in climate change; PCC overlays perform

where [Q.sub.[alpha][beta]] is the total radiation under the complex terrain (MJ/([m.sup.2] x d)), as is the surface albedo, and [F.sub.[alpha][beta]] is the net surface longwave radiation (NSLR) (MJ/([m.sup.2] x d)).

Estimation of Actual Evapotranspiration Distribution in the Huaihe River Upstream Basin Based on the Generalized Complementary Principle

Experts can use albedo to learn about the composition of a planet's atmosphere, because different ingredients reflect light differently.

NASA Shines Light On 'Pitch Black' Planet

The album "The Nutcracker" is Albedo's 12th studio album.

New Age Artist Albedo Nominated for Utah Music Awards 2 Years in a Row

The team was surprised to find that in most cases, the extra energy embodied in the cool material far outweighed the energy savings from increasing the albedo.

Are cool pavements all they're cracked up to be? The unexpected consequences of reflective paving

found that the local air temperature decreased by 0.6[degrees] C when the pavement-surface albedo increased from 0.05 to 0.30 [16].

Temperature Characteristics of Porous Portland Cement Concrete during the Hot Summer Session

Firstly, mature fruits were washed with distilled water and, then, flavedo portion (peel) was separated mechanically, to get the albedo portion (white portion beneath the peel).

Spasmolytic and Antibacterial Activity of Two Citrus sinensis Osbeck Varieties Cultivated in Mexico

The primary objective of this project was to deploy a web-based tool with which users could easily estimate the annual energy cost savings achievable by installing cool roofing products (i.e., those with higher-than-normal albedo, or reflection coefficient) on the most common residential and commercial building types in the United States.