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Regional Variation in Cloud Radiaitive Forcing at the Arctic Surface

Minnett, P.J.(a), Papakyriakou, T.N.(b), Ananasso, C.(c), Key, E.L.(a), and Hanafin, J.A.(a), Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA (a), Centre for Earth Observation Science, Geography Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (b), Institute of Atmospheric Physics - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy (c)
Twelfth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting

The effect of the clouds on the radiative fluxes reaching the Earth's surface is an important atmospheric process; and cloud-radiative forcing is a significant factor in the climate system. The Arctic is an important area to study of this process because of its particular sensitivity to climate changes. Measurements from ships and coastal sites in the Canadian and Greenlandic Arctic are used to investigate the influence of clouds on the surface radiation budget, and its variation in terms of local characteristics.

Note: This is the poster abstract presented at the meeting; an extended version was not provided by the author(s).