Factors influencing simulated changes in future arctic cloudiness

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4817-4830

  Vavrus, Stephen J ^a   Bhatt, Uma S ^b   Alexeev, Vladimir A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Clouds; General circulation models; Greenhouse gases; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMBINED EFFECT; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; FULLY-COUPLED; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE LOSS; LOWER BOUNDARY; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA-ICE COVER; SURFACE WARMING; TARGET SIMULATION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EXPERIMENTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA ICE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; EVAPORATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE COVER; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 80053161747     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4029.1     Document Type: Article

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