Nasa Earth Map Albedo. By quantifying precisely our planets reflectivity or albedo the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS is helping. This global picture of reflectivity also called albedo appears to be a muddle with different areas reflecting more or less sunlight over the 12-year record.
When sunlight reaches the Earths surface some of it is absorbed and some is reflected. Specular reflection is not considered. NASAs website for all news images and videos related to Earth science.
For an unchanging surface albedo can vary somewhat depending on the sky and atmospheric conditions.
This image maps the white-sky albedo which is the albedo under conditions. Published October 21 2014. For an unchanging surface albedo can vary somewhat depending on the sky and atmospheric conditions. Dark blue shows areas where Earth reflected the lowest percentage of shortwave solar radiation.
