Review of Science issues, deployment strategy, and status for the ARM North Slope of Alaska-Adjacent Arctic Ocean climate research site

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-63

  Stamnes, K ^a   Ellingson, R G ^b   Curry, J A ^c   Walsh, J E ^d   Zak, B D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; VAPORS;

TEMPERATURE-ICE-ALBEDO FEEDBACK; WATER-VAPOR-CLOUD-RADIATION FEEDBACK;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033011823     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.46     Document Type: Article

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