Assessment of ECMWF model cloudiness and surface radiation fields at the ARM SGP site

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 257-277

  Morcrette, Jean Jacques ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR;

RADIATION FIELDS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036478810     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<0257:AOTEMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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