How does temperature affect agriculture?

How does foliage affect temperature and albedo?

• 1how does foliage affect temperature and albedo? 2how does soil color affect temperature and albedo? 3how does human construction and urban activity affect temperature and albedo? 4what's earth average albedo? 5whats is the relationship between color and albedo?

• Answer:

  There's a lot of stuff on the web.....you need to dig it out and read it. 1. I think type of foliage and density would be a factor.........let me think on that. 2. Black is not reflective so temp increases. Lighter soils reflect. Imgine the hell Sahara desert would be with black soil. 3. More reflective surfaces, temp increases.....urban islands 4. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/34733 5. Darker doesn't reflect, tends to absorb