Coupling of winter climate transitions to snow and clouds over the Prairies

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1118-1139

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Desjardins, Raymond ^b   Worth, Devon ^b   Wang, Shusen ^c   Li, Junhua ^c  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROPS; RADIANT HEATING; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CLIMATE TRANSITION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SEASONAL CYCLE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

SNOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEATING; MODIS; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; WINTER;

CANADA;

EID: 84898975134     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021168     Document Type: Article

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