Impact of ice particle shape on short-wave radiative forcing: A case study for an arctic ice cloud

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1196-1218

  Kahnert, Michael ^a   Sandvik, Anne Dagrun ^b   Biryulina, Marina ^c   Stamnes, Jakob J ^d   Stamnes, Knut ^e  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Geminali AS   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic ice clouds; Climate; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE NUMBER DENSITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE ALBEDO;

ICE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR BUBBLE; ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; OPTICAL DEPTH; PREDICTION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 40749135486     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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