Climatology of cloud and radiation fields in a numerical weather prediction model

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 11-33

  Cullather, R I ^a,b   Harshvardhan, ^a   Campana, K A ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; ERBE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 0031446290     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00867974     Document Type: Article

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