Evaluating Model Parameterizations of Arctic Processes
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An understanding of the arctic climate system has become a high priority research area because of its importance to global climate change (IPCC 1990). Unfortunately, our studies of this region are in their infancy and we lack a broad knowledge of the Arctic. This deficiency is due to the scarcity of observations and the difficulties in remotely sensing arctic clouds from satellites (Curry et al. 2000).
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تاریخ انتشار 2003