Preferred Label : albedo;
IUPAC definition : The fraction of the energy of electromagnetic radiation reflected from a body (or
surface) relative to the energy incident upon it. The reflection of light from a surface
is, of course, dependent on the wavelength of the light, the nature of the surface
and its angle of incidence with the surface. The term albedo usually connotes a broad
wavelength band (visible, ultraviolet or infrared), whereas the terms reflectivity
and spectral albedo are used to describe the reflection of monochromatic (single wavelength
or small band of wavelengths) radiation.;
Origin ID : A00202;
See also
The fraction of the energy of electromagnetic radiation reflected from a body (or
surface) relative to the energy incident upon it. The reflection of light from a surface
is, of course, dependent on the wavelength of the light, the nature of the surface
and its angle of incidence with the surface. The term albedo usually connotes a broad
wavelength band (visible, ultraviolet or infrared), whereas the terms reflectivity
and spectral albedo are used to describe the reflection of monochromatic (single wavelength
or small band of wavelengths) radiation.
