Sensitivity of cloud and radiation parameterizations to changes in vertical resolution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 915-922

  Lane, Dana E ^a   Somerville, Richard C J ^a   Iacobellis, Sam F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SINGLE COLUMN MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0033949152     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0915:SOCARP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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