normal albedo
astronomy
Also known as: normal reflectance
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- In albedo
…differentiated into two general types: normal albedo and Bond albedo. The former, also called normal reflectance, is a measure of a surface’s relative brightness when illuminated and observed vertically. The normal albedo of snow, for example, is nearly 1.0, whereas that of charcoal is about 0.04. Investigators frequently rely on…
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