Evaluation of moisture in the Hadley Centre climate model using simulations of HIRS water-vapour channel radiances

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 595 PART B, 2003, Pages 3371-3389

  Allan, Richard P ^a   Ringer, M A ^a   Slingo, A ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clear sky sampling; Long wave radiation; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0042308778     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.217     Document Type: Article

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