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Albedo vs Insolation - What's the difference?

albedo | insolation |

As nouns the difference between albedo and insolation

is that albedo is the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage while insolation is the incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.

albedo

English

(wikipedia albedo)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (physics, meteorology, astronomy) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
  • (biology) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.

    • Usage notes

    Albedo is to be distinguished from reflectivity, which refers to one specific wavelength (monochromatic radiation).

    Anagrams

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    insolation

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
  • The rate of delivery of such radiation.
  • The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
  • (medicine, dated) sunstroke.

    • Synonyms

    * (exposure as medical treatment) sunbath

    See also

    * ("insolation" on Wikipedia) ----