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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-597-2024
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Research article
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16 Jan 2024
Research article |
| 16 Jan 2024
| 16 Jan 2024
Low-level Arctic clouds: a blind zone in our knowledge of the radiation budget
Hannes Jascha Griesche
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Carola Barrientos-Velasco
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Hartwig Deneke
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Anja Hünerbein
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Patric Seifert
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Andreas Macke
Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Processes, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
The Arctic is strongly affected by climate change and the role of clouds therein is not yet completely understood. Measurements from the Arctic expedition PS106 were used to simulate radiative fluxes with and without clouds at very low altitudes (below 165 m), and their radiative effect was calculated to be 54 Wm-2. The low heights of these clouds make them hard to observe. This study shows the importance of accurate measurements and simulations of clouds and gives suggestions for improvements.
The Arctic is strongly affected by climate change and the role of clouds therein is not yet...
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