Cloud radiative forcing at Summit, Greenland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 6267-6280

  Miller, Nathaniel B ^a,b   Shupe, Matthew D ^a,b   Cox, Christopher J ^a,b   Walden, Von P ^c   Turner, David D ^d   Steffen, Konrad ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cloud forcing; Cloud radiative effects; Clouds; Ice sheets; Radiative fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; GLACIERS; LIQUIDS; RADIOMETRY; SEA LEVEL;

CLOUD FORCING; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE RADIATIVE FLUX;

ICE;

ALBEDO; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; ICE SHEET; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SUMMIT;

EID: 84942864309     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0076.1     Document Type: Article

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