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The reflectivity percentage of incident light on Earth is meteorologically called as:

A

albedo

B

tornado

C

refraction

D

reradiation

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Albedo is the fraction of solar energy (short wave radiation) reflected from the Earth back into space. It is a measure of the reflectivity of the earth's surface. Ice, especially with snow on top of it, has a high albedo: most sunlight hitting the surface bounces back towards space. Water is much more absorbent and less reflective. So, if there is a lot of water, more solar radiation is absorbed by the ocean than when ice dominates.
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