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North Slope of Alaska and adjacent Arctic Ocean cloud and radiation testbed: Science and siting strategies

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OSTI ID:83146
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)

This paper serves as a summary of the current thinking regarding the development of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program`s North Slope of Alaska and adjacent Arctic Ocean (NSA/AAO) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) site. The broad rationale for a high latitude (HL) CART site can be summarized as follows: Fundamentally different atmospheric and surface physics are important at high latitudes; High latitudes strongly influence global climate in a number of ways; Interpretation of satellite remote sensing data to obtain the distribution and character of high latitude clouds, snow and sea ice is an important, but poorly solved problem.

Research Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.
OSTI ID:
83146
Report Number(s):
CONF-940277--; ON: DE95009951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English