A comparison of single column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D2, 2000, Pages 2091-2124

  Ghan, Steven ^a   Randall, David ^b   Xu, Kuan Man ^b   Cederwall, Richard ^c   Gripe, Douglas ^b   Hack, James ^d   Iacobellis, Sam ^e   Klein, Stephen ^f   Krueger, Steven ^g   Lohmann, Ulrike ^h   Pedretti, John ^d   Robock, Alan ⁱ   Rotstayn, Leon ^j   Somerville, Richard ^e   Stenchikov, Georgiy ⁱ   Sud, Yogesh ^k   Walker, Gregory ^k   Xie, Shaocheng ^c   Yio, John ^c   Zhang, Minghua ^l  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^l STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD;

EID: 0033759773     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900971     Document Type: Article

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