The relationships between Arctic sea ice and cloud-related variables in the ERA-Interim reanalysis and CCSM3

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cuzzone, Joshua ^a   Vavrus, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic clouds; Arctic sea ice; ECMWF ERA Interim

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RESEARCH;

ARCTIC CLOUDS; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ERA INTERIMS; INTEGRATED RESPONSE; LOW CLOUD COVER; LOWER BOUNDARY; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; RADIATION BUDGET;

SEA ICE;

EID: 84858203085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014016     Document Type: Article

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