Development and test of a cirrus parameterization scheme using NCAR CCM3

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1325-1344

  Zurovac Jevtić, Danče ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

CIRRUS CLOUDS;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0038544389     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1325:DATOAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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