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Albedo

Albedo is a measure for reflectance or optical brightness.

Albedo is defined as the ratio of radiation reflected (or radiant exitance)to the radiation incident (or irradiance) on a surface.

Formula

QuantityVariable["α", "Albedo"] == QuantityVariable["M", "RadiantExitance"]/QuantityVariable["E", "Irradiance"]

Forms

Examples

Get the resource:

In[1]:=
ResourceObject["Albedo"]
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Get the formula:

In[2]:=
FormulaData[ResourceObject["Albedo"]]
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Use some values:

In[3]:=
FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Albedo"], {QuantityVariable["M","RadiantExitance"] -> 
   Quantity[50, ("Watts")/("Meters")^2]}]
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