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Research article
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11 Jul 2024
Research article |
| 11 Jul 2024
| 11 Jul 2024
The correlation between Arctic sea ice, cloud phase and radiation using A-Train satellites
Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Olivia Pierpaoli
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Matteo Ottaviani
Terra Research Inc, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Zhonghai Jin
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Israel Silber
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
now at: Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA
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Better characterizing the relationship between sea ice and clouds is key to understanding Arctic climate because clouds and sea ice affect surface radiation and modulate Arctic surface warming. Our results indicate that Arctic liquid clouds robustly increase in response to sea ice decrease. This increase has a cooling effect on the surface because more solar radiation is reflected back to space, and it should contribute to dampening future Arctic surface warming.
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