Cloud and boundary layer interactions over the Arctic sea ice in late summer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9379-9400

  Shupe, M D ^a   Persson, P O G ^a   Brooks, I M ^b   Tjernstrom M ^c   Sedlar, J ^d   Mauritsen, T ^e   Sjogren, S ^f   Leck, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; MIXED LAYER; SEA ICE; SUMMER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884539799     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-9379-2013     Document Type: Article

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