What Is Albedo?
Albedo is measured on a scale of 0 to 1. A 0 means that the surface of a material absorbs all of the sunlight that hits it. A 1 means that a material reflects all of the light energy that hits it. In other words, a 1 on the albedo scale means 100 percent reflection. A 0 means no reflection.
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