the most highly reflecting areas

23:03 Dec 14, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / climate
English term or phrase: the most highly reflecting areas
the most highly reflecting areas are also among the most variable climatic elements.
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5 +1las áreas de mayor reflactancia son...
slothm
4 +1las areas de mayor reflejo..
Lydia De Jorge
4las zonas / áreas que reflejan más la luz
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4las áreas más altamente reflectoras
Gloria Cifuentes Dowling
1 +1las áreas de mayor albedo
Jaime Silvano


  

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las areas de mayor reflejo..


Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
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agree  Mónica Sauza
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las zonas / áreas que reflejan más la luz


Explanation:
Yo lo diría así.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
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las áreas de mayor albedo


Explanation:
Aunque las otras respuestas están bien, si quieres emplear el término técnico preciso debes utilizar albedo, que es la propiedad de la superficie de un astro para reflejar la luz solar, siendo directamente proporcional a su blancura.
Gracias y suerte.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-12-15 05:34:26 GMT)
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Hay un error en la barra de confianza, pues yo estoy seguro de mi respuesta.

Example sentence(s):
  • Las zonas polares alcanzan los mayores niveles de albedo.
Jaime Silvano
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agree  Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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las áreas de mayor reflactancia son...


Explanation:
126 hits para reflactancia.

Reflactancia, NASA.
http://www.astroseti.org/imprime.php?num=901

Medidor de reflactancia
http://www.zeolitanatural.com/html/docs/Pollos.pdf

En programación
http://www.archicad.com.ar/pdfs/lightw2.pdf

Modelos digitales de reflactancia
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/dtmradar/dem1.htm

Reflactancia según 3M
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/es_MX/3M-ESPE-LA/profe...

Reflactancia en materiales de construcción
http://dq-arquitectura.blogspot.com/

Técnicamente es correctísimo "albedo" pero el autor no ha usado ese término prefiriendo una palabre derivada del verbo "reflejar"

slothm
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enrique Espinosa: es reflEctancia: la capacidad de un cuerpo de reflejar la luz. Cuando la energía (luz) llega a la tierra, el suelo refleja parte de la luz, la otra parte, la absorbe.
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las áreas más altamente reflectoras


Explanation:
Otra sugerencia.

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=ref...

Gloria Cifuentes Dowling
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