| Term | Definition | Contributor | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albedo | The loss of ice and snow from a glacier system. This occurs through a variety of processes including melting and runoff, sublimation, evaporation, calving, and wind transportation of snow out of a gla cier basin. All processes that remove snow, ice, or water from a snowfield, glacier, etc., that is typically melt, evaporation, sublimation as well as wind erosion, avalanches, calving, etc.; in this sense, the opposite of accumulation. In many publications before 1980, ablation did not include mechanical removal of either snow or ice, i.e., wind erosion, avalanches, calving, etc. | GCW Glossary | 2023.03.27 |
| Albedo | The process by which ice and snow dissipate owing to melting and evaporation. | GCW Glossary | 2023.03.27 |
| Albedo | No definition provided | GCW Glossary | 2023.03.27 |
| Albedo | Surface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by melting, sublimation, and/or calving. | GCW Glossary | 2023.03.27 |
| Albedo | The ratio of reflected radiation from thesurface to incident radiation upon it. | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| Albedometer | Instrument for measuring the reflecting power of a surface (e.g., clouds, grass, snow). A pyranometer is sometimes inverted and used as an albedometer to measure the radiation reflected from the Earth 's surface. | GCW Glossary | 2023.03.27 |
| Albedometer | An instrument used for the measurement of the reflecting power (the albedo) of a surface. A pyranometer adapted for the measurement of radiation reflected from the earth's surface is sometimes employe d as an albedometer. | GCW Glossary | 2023.03.27 |
| albers conical equal area | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| albian | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| Albigenses | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albinism | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albinos and albinism | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albion (Ship) | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albite | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| Albrechtschraufite | No definition provided | Ryan McGranaghan | 2023.04.16 |
| Albuera, Battle of, 1811 | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albumin | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albuminuria | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albumose | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |
| Albumosuria | No definition provided | Christopher Rauch | 2023.12.01 |