Editing Cloud albedo (section)

=== Water content ===
[[File:Cirrus cloud in Russia. img 028.jpg|thumb|Image of cirrus clouds taken in Russia uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by user [[c:User:Knopik-som|Knopik-som]]]]
Higher liquid water and ice content in a cloud increases its albedo, which is the dominant factor in determining the cloud's reflectivity.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Han |first1=Qingyuan |last2=Rossow |first2=William B. |last3=Chou |first3=Joyce |last4=Welch |first4=Ronald M. |date=1998 |title=Global Survey of the Relationships of Cloud Albedo and Liquid Water Path with Droplet Size Using ISCCP |journal=Journal of Climate |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=1516–1528 |bibcode=1998JCli...11.1516H |doi=10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1516:GSOTRO>2.0.CO;2 |issn=0894-8755 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hartmann |first=Dennis |title=Global Physical Climatology |date=2016 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-12-328531-7 |location=Australia |pages=76–78}}</ref> The change in albedo is greater for clouds with less water content to start with and larger clouds begin to receive diminishing returns with increased content. Water content taking the form of ice is common in high altitude clouds such as [[Cirrus cloud|cirrus]].<ref name=":0" />