Planning the next decade of coordinated research to better understand and simulate marine low clouds

Authors :: Wood, Robert
Jensen, Michael P.
Wang, Jian
Bretherton, Christopher S.
Burrows, Susannah M.
Del Genio, Anthony D.
Fridlind, Ann M.
Ghan, Steven J.
Ghate, Virendra P.
Kollias, Pavlos
Krueger, Steven K.
McGraw, Robert L.
Miller, Mark A.
Painemal, David
Russell, Lynn M.
Yuter, Sandra E.
Zuidema, Paquita
Source :: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. September, 2016, Vol. 97 Issue 9, p1699, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Marine low clouds have a large impact on Earth's energy and hydrologic cycle. They strongly reflect incoming solar radiation, with little compensating impact on outgoing longwave radiation resulting in a [...]

Subjects :: Clouds (Meteorology) -- Analysis
Radiation measurement -- Analysis
Hydrology -- Analysis
Rain -- Analysis
Climate models -- Analysis
Water cycle -- Analysis
Climate sensitivity -- Analysis
Radiation (Physics) -- Analysis
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Earth sciences

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