Acceleration by aerosol of a radiative-thermodynamic cloud feedback influencing Arctic surface warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Garrett, Timothy J ^a   Maestas, Melissa M ^a   Krueger, Steven K ^a   Schmidt, Clinton T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT; CANDIDATE MECHANISMS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD EMISSIVITY; DROPLET CONDENSATION; EFFICIENT ABSORBERS; LONG WAVES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; RADIATIVE COOLING; SURFACE WARMING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DROP FORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

FEEDBACK;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD DROPLET; CONDENSATION; COOLING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; THERMODYNAMICS; WARMING;

EID: 72049106104     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040195     Document Type: Article

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