Space-based Evaluation of the Aerosol Indirect Effect in the Arctic
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Arctic clouds modulate the surface radiation budget by emitting longwave radiation and reflecting incident shortwave radiation. The Arctic is characterized by high levels of anthropogenic pollution that commonly forms a haze in winter and spring, due to long-range transport of aerosols primarily from Eastern Europe and Russia (Sirois and Barrie, 1999). During the Arctic winter and spring strong stable stratification in the lower troposphere minimizes turbulence and wet deposition leading to long atmospheric lifetimes of aerosols (Law and Stohl, 2007).
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