Ubiquitous low‐level liquid‐containing Arctic clouds: New observations and climate model constraints from CALIPSO‐GOCCP

Ground‐based observations show that persistent liquid‐containing Arctic clouds occur frequently and have a dominant influence on Arctic surface radiative fluxes. Yet, without a hemispheric multi‐year perspective, the climate relevance of these intriguing Arctic cloud observations was previously unkn...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	G. Cesana, J. E. Kay, H. Chepfer, J. M. English, G. deBoer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2012-10-01
Subjects:	Arctic CALIPSO‐GOCCP climate model radiative fluxes satellite observations thermodynamic cloud phase
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053385

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