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Planetary albedo

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-001694

The fraction of incident solar radiation that is reflected by the Earth-atmosphere system and returned to space, mostly by back scatter from clouds in the atmosphere.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-001694
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001694",
  "term": "Planetary albedo",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "The fraction of incident solar radiation that is reflected by the Earth-atmosphere system and returned to space, mostly by back scatter from clouds in the atmosphere.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/planetary-albedo/"
}

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