Joint Session 1 Polar Clouds and Climate Part I

Wednesday, 25 January 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Conference Center: Skagit 3 (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions )
Chair:
Jennifer Kay, CIRES University of Colorado, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, CO

Clouds regulate radiative and precipitation fluxes in polar regions, and thus control fundamental aspects of the climate system such as energy budgets, air-sea exchange, and sea level. Cloud-aerosol interactions influence polar cloud radiative impacts and precipitation efficiencies. Polar clouds, precipitation, and aerosol processes are changing in a warming world and new observations and model simulations are supporting and challenging existing paradigms. Sample topics based on observational and/or modeling studies for this session include: How do polar clouds influence radiative fluxes over sea ice and ice sheets? How much precipitation falls in polar regions? What processes control polar cloud-aerosol-precipitation interactions? What are the sources of aerosols, especially cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei, at high latitudes? What is the importance of super-cooled liquid cloud water for the climate system? In sum, presentations on all aspects of polar clouds, precipitation, and aerosols at high latitudes are solicited for this session.

Papers:
8:30 AM
J1.1
8:45 AM
J1.2
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