https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.7 2026-04-15T10:53:30.610Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/sciencekeywords/41ebe049-230e-4ff7-acb1-43de68ace83e ALBEDO Date=2024-10-01 User Id=tstevens Entity=WeightedRelation Operation=INSERT System Note=insert WeightedRelation New Value=id: null related concept uuid: 2ddd003d-c19f-4336-9837-316cce5efe0b relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null Date=2024-10-01 User Id=tstevens Entity=WeightedRelation Operation=INSERT System Note=insert WeightedRelation New Value=id: null related concept uuid: 48c16952-b6e0-40cd-b6dd-7cdbf5a443a1 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null Date=2024-10-01 User Id=tstevens Entity=WeightedRelation Operation=INSERT System Note=insert WeightedRelation New Value=id: null related concept uuid: 136b1de3-4b2e-49e6-80cd-cf2e9bac2c48 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null Albedo is the ratio of the radiation (radiant energy or luminousenergy) reflected by a surface to that incident on it. Snow and cloudsurfaces have a high albedo, because most of the energy of the visiblesolar spectrum is reflected. Vegetation and ocean surfaces have lowalbedo, because they absorb a large fraction of the energy. Clouds are thechief cause of variations in the Earth's albedo. 2024-10-01 09:43:49.0