Sentences with phrase «clear sky conditions»

They examined the relationship between sea surface temperature and the infrared flux at the top of the atmosphere for clear sky conditions.

Thus, under clear sky conditions when the energy beaming down is at a maximum, the albedo of water can be quite high, upwards of 30 %.

Field observations (see Hutchings» contribution) suggest that clear sky conditions during nighttime may have promoted overnight ice growth on leads and melt ponds, slowing down ice melt.

Ice retreat depends strongly on the amount of solar heating of the surface ice and ocean; clear sky conditions early in the melt season can go a long ways towards helping ice retreat later in the season, so this is one of the variables that will be monitored closely (e.g., in the Barrow coastal sea ice break - up forecast, see below).

Under cloudy conditions, the cloud cover radiates more heat back down toward the ocean surface than happens under clear sky conditions.

I disagree, the paper below shows that that even for deep midwinter Antarctica with extremely low humidity, clear skies conditions, the radiative flux from H2O vapour was more than twice that for CO2.

Ed is never exactly equal to Aa for clear sky conditions.

Water vapor accounts for the largest percentage of the greenhouse effect, between 36 % and 66 % for clear sky conditions and between 66 % and 85 % when including clouds.