A prognostic cloud water parameterization for global climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-304

  Del Genio, Anthony D ^a   Yao, Mao Sung ^b   Kovari, William ^b   Lo, Kenneth K W ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLOUD SCHEME; CLOUD WATER; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; PARAMETER VALIDATION;

EID: 0029751999     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<0270:APCWPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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