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Friday, September 24, 2021

NASA satellites show how clouds respond to Arctic sea ice change [Phys. org, September 2021]

Title:
NASA satellites show how clouds respond to Arctic sea ice change
 
Author:
Roberto Molar Candanosa, NASA
 
Published:
Phys.org, 23 September 2021
 
From the article: 
Clouds are one of the biggest wildcards in predictions of how much and how fast the Arctic will continue to warm in the future. Depending on the time of the year and the changing environment in which they form and exist, clouds can both act to warm and cool the surface below them.
 
Also See
 
Emily E. Monroe et al, Arctic Cloud Response to a Perturbation in Sea Ice Concentration: The North Water Polynya, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2021). DOI: 10.1029/2020JD034409