Validation and sensitivities of frontal clouds simulated by the ECMWF model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2514-2531

  Klein, Stephen A ^a   Jakob, Christian ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FRONTAL FEATURE; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 0033401193     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2514:VASOFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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