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Backscatter

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002641

Process by which up to 25% of radiant energy from the sun is reflected or scattered away from the surface by clouds.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002641
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNASA Earth Observatory Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002641",
  "term": "Backscatter",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Process by which up to 25% of radiant energy from the sun is reflected or scattered away from the surface by clouds.",
  "references": [
    "NASA Earth Observatory Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/backscatter/"
}

Record 2,641 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.