Effect of surface albedo, water vapour, and atmospheric aerosols on the cloud-free shortwave radiative budget in the Arctic

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 953-969

  Di Biagio, C ^a,b   di Sarra, A ^a   Eriksen, P ^c   Ascanius, S E ^d   Muscari, G ^e   Holben, B ^f  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d DMI Danish Meteorological Institute   (Greenland)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic amplification; Arctic radiative balance; Atmospheric aerosols; Direct radiative forcing; Surface albedo; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FORCING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE AIR BASE;

EID: 84864393928     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1280-1     Document Type: Article

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