The Dictionary of Environmental Science and Engineering, Second Edition
The portion of the solar radiation reaching the earth’s surface which is reflected immediately back into the atmosphere. The average value is about 40% but varies locally with the nature of the surface on which the radiation impinges, see Solar radiation
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