Comparison of the seasonal change in cloud-radiative forcing from atmospheric general circulation models and satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16593-16603

  Cess, R D ^a   Zhang, M H ^a   Potter, G L ^b   Alekseev, V ^c   Barker, H W ^d   Bony, S ^e   Colman, R A ^f   Dazlich, D A ^g   Del Genio, A D ^h   Deque M ⁱ   Dix, M R ^j   Dymnikov, V ^c   Esch, M ^k   Fowler, L D ^g   Fraser, J R ^f   Galin, V ^c   Gates, W L ^b   Hack, J J ^l   Ingram, W J ^m   Kiehl, J T ^l   Kim, Y ^h   Le Treut, H ^e   Liang, X Z ⁿ   McAvaney, B J ^f   Meleshko, V P ^o,s   Morcrette, J J ^p   Randall, D A ^g   Roeckner, E ^k   Schlesinger, M E ^q   Sporyshev, P V ^o,s   Taylor, K E ^b   Timbal, B ⁱ   Volodin, E M ^c   Wang, W ^q   Wang, W C ⁿ   Wetherald, R T ^r   more..

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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

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

ⁱ CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^m MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^o VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

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

^q UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^r PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s Glavnaya Geofizicheskaya O   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-RADIATIVE FORCING; GCM; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

EID: 0031399537     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00927     Document Type: Review

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