Single-column models and cloud ensemble models as links between observations and climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1683-1697

  Randall, David A ^a   Xu, Kuan Man ^a   Somerville, Richard J C ^b   Iacobellis, Sam ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODEL; CLOUD; CONVECTION; GCM; SINGLE COLUMN MODEL;

EID: 0030437783     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1683:SCMACE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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