A physically based scheme for the treatment of stratiform clouds and precipitation in large-scale models. II: Comparison of modelled and observed climatological fields

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 124, Issue 546, 1998, Pages 389-415

  Rotstayn, Leon D ^a,b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Coop Res Ctr S Hemisphere M ^*  (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clouds; Global climate model; Precipitation; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; PRECIPITATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 0031800197     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712454603     Document Type: Article

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