Modeling of the cloud and radiation processes observed during SHEBA

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 911-927

  Du, Ping ^a   Girard, Eric ^a   Bertram, Allan K ^b   Shupe, Matthew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid coating; Arctic climate; Clouds; Ice nuclei; Microphysics; Radiation processes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLIMATE; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD WATER; COLD SEASON; COMPENSATING ERRORS; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; ICE NUCLEATION; ICE NUCLEI; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MICROPHYSICS; MULTISCALES; POLLUTED AIR MASS; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; RADIATION PROCESS; RADIATION PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN; WARM SEASONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; DUST; EXPERIMENTS; ICE; LIQUIDS; SULFURIC ACID; WATER CONTENT;

RADIATION;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HEAT BALANCE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SULFURIC ACID;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960902135     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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