Microphysics of Clouds with the Relaxed Arakawa-Schubert Scheme (McRAS). Part II: Implementation and performance in GEOS II GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3221-3240

  Sud, Yogesh C ^a   Walker, G K ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SNOW; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BIOSPHERE; CLOUD-RADIATIVE FORCING (CRF); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); MICROPHYSICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GEOS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE;

EID: 0033567647     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3221:MOCWTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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