Impact of Arctic sea-ice retreat on the recent change in cloud-base height during autumn

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Sato, Kazutoshi ^a,b   Inoue, Jun ^a   Kodama, Yasu Masa ^b   Overland, James E ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; BEAUFORT SEA; CLOUD TYPES; CLOUD-BASE HEIGHT; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; SEA SURFACES; STABLE LAYER; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; WARM ADVECTION;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; BOUNDARY CONDITION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; ICE COVER; RADIOSONDE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE; TROPOSPHERE; ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; ICE RETREAT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA;

EID: 84861890106     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051850     Document Type: Article

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