The Arctic is becoming warmer and wetter as revealed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4439-4446

  Boisvert, L N ^a   Stroeve, J C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIRS; Arctic; ice concentration; moisture flux; sea ice; temperature

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; ICE; INFRARED DEVICES; MOISTURE; SEA ICE; SOUNDING APPARATUS; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC; ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDERS; ICE CONCENTRATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE FLUXES; SKIN TEMPERATURES; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACKS;

INFRARED INSTRUMENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRS; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; EVAPORATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; OPEN WATER; SEA ICE; SUMMER; WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84934440402     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063775     Document Type: Article

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