HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced that its Board of Directors declared an increased quarterly cash dividend of $0. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly common stock cash dividend of $0.
Earthâs Albedo and Global Warming This interactive activity adapted from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey illustrates the concept of albedoâthe measure of how much solar radiation is reflected from Earth's surface. The balance between the amount of solar radiation reflected and absorbed by Earth's surface plays an important role in regulating global temperature.
Term used to describe the reflective power of any surface. In astronomy, scientists use albedo to describe the brightness of an object in space. While light strikes the object, it reflects the light back. Albedo is measured as a scale, where 0 refers to an object that is perfectly dark i.e. it does not reflect any light. A 1 on the scale refers to a perfectly reflective object.