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albedo  

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  • Albedo is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation and measured on a scale from 0, corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation, to 1, corresponding to a body that reflects all incident radiation. Surface albedo is defined as the ratio of radiosity Je to the irradiance Ee (flux per unit area) received by a surface. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo)

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