clouds

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Global warming transforms the Arctic cloud cover

Submitted by Lasse Pettersson on 1. August 2019 - 15:30

The Arctic is one of the cloudiest regions on the Earth. White carpet of clouds typically covers the Arctic during three quarters of year. In summertime, clouds reflect sunlight helping to keep the Arctic cool. In winter time, they capture and backscatter heat making the Arctic warmer than it could be under a clear sky. [img_assist|nid=93550|title=|desc=Figure 1. Historical variations since 1930 of the observed convective cloud fraction at the Wrangel Island station (redrawn from Chernokulsky and Esau, 2019).

GCloudl: Arctic clouds (Research Collaboration)

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Global warming is rapidly transforming Arctic clouds. This collaboration documents the changes.

The final report for the Norwegian Research Council reserach exchange project on the Arctic Clouds [pdf]

Data sets [download] (Data set is free for noncommercial use).

Project Details

Funding Agency:
Research Council of Norway

Coordinating Institute:
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Project Status:
Completed

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	Nansen-Bangladesh International Centre for Coastal, Ocean and Climate Studies	Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Nansen Environmental Research Center – India	Nansen–Zhu International Research Centre	Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center