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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2579-2023
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Research article
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23 Feb 2023
Research article |
| 23 Feb 2023
| 23 Feb 2023
Satellite remote sensing of regional and seasonal Arctic cooling showing a multi-decadal trend towards brighter and more liquid clouds
Luca Lelli
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University
of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Remote Sensing Technology Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Weßling, Germany
Marco Vountas
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University
of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Narges Khosravi
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
EUMETSAT,
Darmstadt, Germany
John Philipp Burrows
Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, University
of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
Arctic amplification describes the recent period in which temperatures have been rising twice as fast as or more than the global average and sea ice and the Greenland ice shelf are approaching a tipping point. Hence, the Arctic ability to reflect solar energy decreases and absorption by the surface increases. Using 2 decades of complementary satellite data, we discover that clouds unexpectedly increase the pan-Arctic reflectance by increasing their liquid water content, thus cooling the Arctic.
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