Albedo

Alternative definitions (16), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Albedo
Definition: (1) Combined processes (such as melting, sublimation, evaporation or calving) which remove snow or ice from a glacier or from a snowfield; also used to express the quantity lost by these processes. (2) Reduction of the water equivalent of snow cover by melting, evaporation, wind and avalanches.
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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