Radar-based Retrievals of Cloud Properties in the Arctic and New Results from SHEBA

Clouds play a crucial role in the radiative balance of the Earth’s surface, particularly in the Arctic where they participate in various feedback mechanisms with the underlying surface that consists of a complex mixture of snow, sea-ice, and open water. Our current understanding of clouds, and espec...

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Main Authors: Matthew D. Shupe, Taneil Uttal, Sergey Y. Matrosov, Brad W. Orr
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Arctic
Sea ice
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.522.4884
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/matthew.shupe/publications/ARM2001_Shupe.pdf
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Summary:Clouds play a crucial role in the radiative balance of the Earth’s surface, particularly in the Arctic where they participate in various feedback mechanisms with the underlying surface that consists of a complex mixture of snow, sea-ice, and open water. Our current understanding of clouds, and especially their representation in climate models, is limited. Longer term

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