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The frozen planet
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Figure 8
Figure 8 An example of the effect of the albedo on the amount of energy absorbed. (a) A sea surface absorbs virtually all of the incident energy. (b) The amount of energy absorbed for a typical snow-covered sea ice surface with water in gaps between the ice floes.

 4.2 The importance of albedo and heat capacity