Meteorological conditions in the central Arctic summer during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 6863-6889

  Tjernstrom M ^a   Birch, C E ^b   Brooks, I M ^b   Shupe, M D ^c,d   Persson, P O G ^c,d   Sedlar, J ^e   Mauritsen, T ^f   Leck, C ^a   Paatero, J ^g   Szczodrak, M ^h   Wheeler, C R ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration   (United States)

^e SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLOUD; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864590873     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-6863-2012     Document Type: Article

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