In an area where there are no land surface (open ocean) the albedo of the surface will be :
Minimum
Albedo is the fraction of incident solar radiation reflected by a surface (0 to 1).
Deep open water absorbs most of the sunlight entering it, especially when the sun is high, so its albedo is only about 0.06 (roughly 0.03–0.10), the lowest of the common natural surfaces.
Typical values for comparison: fresh snow 0.8–0.9, sand and dry bare soil 0.2–0.4, wet dark soil about 0.1, forests 0.1–0.2. Wetting a soil darkens it and lowers its albedo, but it still stays above that of the open sea.
So the ocean surface cannot be “maximum” or more reflective than bare or wet soil.
Therefore an open-ocean surface has the minimum albedo.
Hence, Minimum.
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