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Overview of North Slope of Alaska/adjacent Arctic Ocean Science issues

Conference ·
OSTI ID:83148
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ;  [4]
  1. Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  2. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
  3. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
  4. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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The following material is based on presentations made during the ARM Science Team Meeting concerning the scientific issues to be addressed at the North Slope of Alaska/Adjacent Arctic Ocean (NSA/AAO) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Site and how these and complementary issues are being addressed in other national and international programs. The scientific objectives for the NSA/AAO site, which are to be achieved in cooperation with Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) and the First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE)III, include the following: The radiative effects of mixed phase and ice phase clouds, aerosols, and cloud-aerosol mixtures; Description of basic cloud microphysical properties and the influence of atmospheric thermodynamics; The relative importance of surface and advective fluxes of moisture in the formation of clouds; The sensitivity of the boundary layer clouds to large-scale vertical motion; Interactions among turbulence, radiation, and cloud microphysical processes; The radiative effects of the horizontally inhomogeneous summertime stratocumulus clouds over the horizontally inhomogeneous, melting snow/sea ice surface; Response of surface albedo and ablation as a response to energy inputs.
Research Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States). Environmental Sciences Div.
OSTI ID:
83148
Report Number(s):
CONF-940277--; ON: DE95009951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABLATION
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ALBEDO
ARCTIC OCEAN
BOUNDARY LAYERS
CLIMATES
CLOUDS
ICE
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
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RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER
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