Arctic clouds and surface radiation

Clouds regulate the Earth’s radiation budget, both by reflecting part of the incoming sunlight leading to cooling and by absorbing and emitting infrared radiation which tends to have a warming effect. Globally averaged, at the top of the atmosphere the cloud radiative effect is to cool the climate,...

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Main Authors: Zygmuntowska, Marta, Mauritsen, Thorsten, Quaas, Johannes, Kaleschke, Lars
Other Authors: May-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie,
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2015
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-185357
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-185357
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/18535/zygmuntowska_acp_2012.pdf