A 10 year climatology of Arctic cloud fraction and radiative forcing at Barrow, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Dong, Xiquan ^a   Xi, Baike ^a   Crosby, Kathryn ^a   Long, Charles N ^b   Stone, Robert S ^c,d   Shupe, Matthew D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADIOMETRY;

ALL-SKY; ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANNUAL MEAN; ARCTIC CLOUDS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; BEAUFORT SEA; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CRITICAL LATITUDE; GROUND BASED RADAR; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LIQUID WATER PATHS; LONG WAVES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT WAVES; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HEAT BUDGET; LIDAR; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957582997     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013489     Document Type: Article

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