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Because much of the land surface and oceans are dark in color, they have a low albedo. They absorb a large amount of the solar energy that gets to them, reflecting only a small fraction of it. Forests have low albedo, near 0.15. Snow and ice, on the other hand, are very light in color.
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A substance with a low albedo reflects very little incoming radiation. In fact, the object absorbs much of the energy. Three examples of substances with a low albedo include forests, concrete and dirt. All else being equal, temperatures will be warmer over a low albedo surface than over a high albedo surface.
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Analysis of data acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument led to the identification of two distinct surface types.“Surface type 1,” lying mostly within southern low-albedo terrain, is likely to be composed of basalt.
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We studied low-albedo deposits in the floors of craters within the Amazonis Planitia region using infrared data from Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), high-resolution visible images from the Mars Orbiter Camera and THEMIS,
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LARGE LOW ALBEDO DUNES IN CRATER ... View full-size image, processed, in sinusoidal projection using 280.93°W as prime meridian; (lossy JPEG, medium quality, rapid download) ... View full-size image, processed but NOT map-projected...
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VILAS, F., and M.V. SYKES 1996. Are low--albedo asteroids thermally metamorphosed? Icarus, in press. ... Document Not in Databas ... This paper is cited by the following papers: Veritas Asteroid Family: Remarkable Spectral Differences Inside .. - Di Martino (Correct); Online articles have much greater impact More...
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VILAS, F., and M.V. SYKES 1996. Are low--albedo asteroids thermally metamorphosed? Icarus, in press. ... the slopes characteristics of all the low albedo, primitive bodies (from C to D type) Taking into account the very compact structure of the family the probability of finding interlopers inside the defined clustering...
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Title: The opportunity phase curve in low albedo media ... Issue Date: 2-Apr-2003 ... Site last updated on May 1, 2005. If you have any comments or suggestions for this web site, please e-mail Jennifer Momjian or call 4-5540...
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Title: Anticorrelation of 5-mue Brightness and Low Albedo Features in Jovian NEB ... Issue Date: 10-Oct-1999 ... Citation: Division of Planetary Sciences; Padua, Italy...
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