The sensitivity of climate simulations to the specification of mixed phase clouds

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 641-651

  Gregory, D ^a,c   Morris, D ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODEL; CLOUD; MODEL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0030367750     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00216271     Document Type: Article

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