Southern Ocean phytoplankton increases cloud albedo and reduces precipitation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Krüger, Olaf ^a,b   Grabßl, Hartmut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Brockmann Consult GmbH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; CLOUDS; DIAMONDS; DROPS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATION EFFECTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL PARTICLES; ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; CLOUD ALBEDO; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUDY ATMOSPHERES; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; EARTH RADIATION BUDGET; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; FINE PARTICLES; FRONTAL ZONES; ISOPRENE EMISSION; LATITUDE BELTS; MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON BLOOMS; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RESEARCH TOPICS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEAWIFS; SHORT WAVES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; WATER CLOUDS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ALGAL BLOOM; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLOUD; CONDENSATION; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; EMISSION; FREEZING; FRONTIER REGION; ISOPRENE; LATITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECTRUM;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79955438192     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047116     Document Type: Article

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