Cloud liquid water path and radiative feedbacks over the Southern Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 10,938-10,946

  Bodas Salcedo, A ^a   Andrews, T ^a   Karmalkar, A V ^b   Ringer, M A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud feedbacks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; FEEDBACK; LIQUIDS; STORMS; SUPERCOOLING;

CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLOUD FEEDBACKS; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; COMPOSITING TECHNIQUES; LIQUID PHASE CHANGES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLOUD; LIQUID; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATIVE FORCING; WARMING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84995701641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070770     Document Type: Article

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