Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3414815s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 14, CiteID L14815
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Radiation: Transmission And Scattering, Cryosphere: Energy Balance, Cryosphere: Instruments And Techniques, Global Change: Climate Variability (1635, 3305, 3309, 4215, 4513)
Scientific paper
The Arctic region is sensitive to incursions of aerosols that affect its radiation balance, directly through interactions with solar and terrestrial radiation and indirectly as cloud condensation nuclei. During spring 2002 dust was transported from the Gobi desert passing over instrumented field sites near Barrow, Alaska, providing the opportunity to measure the dust properties. Empirical determinations of the direct radiative forcing by dust were used to corroborate simulations made using the Moderate Resolution Transmittance radiative transfer code, MODTRAN™5. During sunlit periods, dust cools the surface while warming those layers in which it resides, increasing atmospheric stability. At night, dust layers tend to cool while the surface warms slightly due to infrared emissions from the dust layer.
Anderson Gail P.
Andrews Elizabeth
Berk Alexander
Dutton Ellsworth G.
Shettle Eric P.
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