Indirect and semi-direct aerosol campaign: The impact of arctic aerosols on clouds

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-201

  McFarquhar, Greg M ^a   Ghan, Steven ^b   Verlinde, Johannes ^c   Korolev, Alexei ^d   Strapp, J Walter ^d   Schmid, Beat ^b   Tomlinson, Jason M ^b   Wolde, Mengistu ^e   Brooks, Sarah D ^e   Cziczo, Dan ^b   Dubey, Manvendra K ^f   Fan, Jiwen ^b   Flynn, Connor ^b   Gultepe, Ismail ^d   Hubbe, John ^b   Gilles, Mary K ^g   Laskin, Alexander ^b   Lawson, Paul ^h   Leaitch, W Richard ^d   Liu, Peter ^d   Liu, Xiaohong ^b   Lubin, Dan ⁱ   Mazzoleni, Claudio ^f,p   MacDonald, Ann Marie ^d   Moffet, Ryan C ^g   Morrison, Hugh ^j   Ovchinnikov, Mikhail ^b   Shupe, Matthew D ^k   Turner, David D ^l   Xie, Shaocheng ^m   Zelenyuk, Alla ^b   Bae, Kenny ^a   Freer, Matt ^a,o   Glen, Andrew ⁿ   more..

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

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Stratton Park Engineering Company   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^m LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o European Facility for Airborne Research   (France)

^p MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LAYERS; ARCTIC AEROSOLS; HIGH QUALITY; ICE NUCLEI; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; STATE PARAMETERS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; FLIGHT PATHS; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 79953222223     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS2935.1     Document Type: Article

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