Accession Number:

ADP007280

Title:

Cloud Radiation Interaction and the Earth's Climate: Relevance to the Climate of the Arctic,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS DEPT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Stephens, Graeme L.

Report Date:

1992-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The influence on the energy balance of the earths climate system is reviewed and is based on recent satellite observations of the Earths Radiation Budget ERB and other satellite-derived cloud information. The special difficulties that polar cloudiness poses in analysis of ERB data are discussed. The role of arctic cloudiness on the snow-ice albedo feedback is examined and the possible influence of this feedback to global cloudiness and thus to the radiation balance on the earth are explored.

Descriptors:

• *ALBEDO
• *CLOUD PHYSICS
• *SEA ICE
• BALANCE
• CLIMATE
• ENERGY
• FEEDBACK
• GLOBAL
• RADIATION
• SNOW
• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
• GREENHOUSE EFFECT

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Snow, Ice and Permafrost

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE