A study of the indirect aerosol effect on subarctic marine liquid low-level clouds using MODIS cloud data and ground-based aerosol measurements

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-66

  Sporre, Moa K ^a   Glantz, Paul ^b   Tunved, Peter ^b   Swietlicki, Erik ^a   Kulmala, Markku ^c   Lihavainen, Heikki ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerosol cloud interactions; Cloud satellite retrievals; Ground based aerosol measurements; MODIS

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL-CLOUD INTERACTION; AIR MASS; AIR MASS ORIGIN; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; BARENTS SEA; CLEAN AIR; CLOUD DATA; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD PARAMETERS; CLOUD RETRIEVAL; DATA SETS; DROPLET NUMBER; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; FINLAND; GLOBAL RADIATION; GROUND BASED; IN-LINE; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MICROPHYSICS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODIS; POLLUTED AIR MASS; REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; TRAJECTORY MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DROPS; LOADING; METEOROLOGY; PHYSICS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODIS; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATION BUDGET; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FINLAND; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84865152069     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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