Climatological characteristics of Arctic and Antarctic surface-based inversions

• Main Authors: Yehui Zhang, Dian, J. Seidel, Clara Deser, Robert, A. Tomas
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; East Siberian Sea; Norwegian Sea; albedo; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.391.9526; http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/cdeser/docs/zhang.polar_sfcinversions.jclim11.pdf

Surface-based inversions (SBIs) are frequent features of the Arctic and Antarctic atmospheric boundary layer. They influence vertical mixing of energy, moisture and pollutants, cloud formation, and surface ozone destruction. Their climatic variability is related to that of sea ice and planetary albe...