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al·be·do

 (ăl-bē′dō)
n. pl. al·be·dos
1. The fraction of incident electromagnetic radiation reflected by a surface, especially of a celestial body.
2. The spongy white tissue on the inside of the rind of citrus fruit.
[Late Latin albēdō, whiteness, from Latin albus, white; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]
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albedo

(ælˈbiːdəʊ)
n
1. (General Physics) the ratio of the intensity of light reflected from an object, such as a planet, to that of the light it receives from the sun
2. (General Physics) physics the probability that a neutron passing through a surface will return through that surface
[C19: from Church Latin: whiteness, from Latin albus white]
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al•be•do

(ælˈbi doʊ)

n., pl. -dos.
1. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
2. the white inner rind of a citrus fruit.
[1855–60; < Late Latin albēdō whiteness =alb(us) white + -ēdō n. suffix; compare torpedo]
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albedo

the ratio between the light reflected from a surf ace and the total light falling upon that surf ace, as the albedo of the moon.
See also: Light
the ratio between the light reflected from a surface and the total light falling upon that surface, as the albedo of the moon.
See also: Astronomy
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albedo

The proportion of incoming light that is reflected by a celestial body, e.g. the Moon reflects 7% of the sunlight that it receives.
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Noun1.albedo - the ratio of reflected to incident light
reflective power
ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
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As the snow melted in the spring and more vegetation became exposed, the albedos of all the test sites dropped to their summertime values, between 11 and 19 percent.
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Sobre a FNA, os erros relativos predominantes entre [a.sub.B] e o [a.sub.A] se situaram em torno de 5%, compreendendo a grande area vermelha ilustrada nas Figuras 3A a 3D, que apresentam o erro relativo entre as medias dos albedos obtidos por ambos os metodos.
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where [[bar.RS].sub.month] is the mean monthly incoming shortwave radiation (W/[m.sup.2]) and [[alpha].sub.month,2010s] and [[alpha].sub.month,1970s] are the monthly albedos for the 2010s and the 1970s at each pixel, respectively, defined as in (2).
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Onde [[rho].sub.1], [[rho].sub.2], [[rho].sub.3], [[rho].sub.4], [[rho].sub.5] e [[rho].sub.7] sao os albedos planetarios das bandas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 e 7, respectivamente.
DETERMINATION OF THE SURFACE ALBEDO OF JAIBA PROJECT IRRIGATED AREAS (MINAS GERAIS) FROM LANDSAT5--TM IMAGES/DETERMINACAO DO ALBEDO DE SUPERFICIE EM AREAS IRRIGADAS DO PROJETO JAIBA (MINAS GERAIS) MEDIANTE IMAGENS LANDSAT 5--TM
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The values of the ratio T = [q.sub.d] (D)/[q.sub.d](inc) increased after removing the snow 2.5-20 times, depending on the albedos and thicknesses of ice and snow as well as on their optical properties.
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