Articles | Volume 16, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15689-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15689-2016
Research article
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20 Dec 2016
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2016

Airborne observations of far-infrared upwelling radiance in the Arctic

Quentin Libois, Liviu Ivanescu, Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Hannes Schulz, Heiko Bozem, W. Richard Leaitch, Julia Burkart, Jonathan P. D. Abbatt, Andreas B. Herber, Amir A. Aliabadi, and Éric Girard

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The first airborne measurements performed with the FIRR are presented. Vertical profiles of upwelling spectral radiance in the far-infrared are measured in the Arctic atmosphere for the first time. They show the impact of the temperature inversion on the radiative budget of the atmosphere, especially in the far-infrared. The presence of ice clouds also significantly alters the far-infrared budget, highlighting the critical interplay between water vapour and clouds in this very dry region.
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