Large Eddy Simulations of the Summertime Cloudy Boundary Layer Over Arctic Ocean
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Arctic stratus clouds (ASC) are important modulators of global climate. Through interaction with radiation, they have an important influence on the surface fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum in the boundary layer. Due to lack of properly understanding the clouds formation and their interactions with radiation, ASC are currently not realistically simulated by general circulation models (GCMs). This remains one of the main obstacles in improving climate modeling.
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