Evaluation of midlatitude cloud properties in a weather and a climate model: Dependence on dynamic regime and spatial resolution

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Tselioudis, George ^a   Jakob, Christian ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Clouds; Evaluation; Midlatitudes; Model; Weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0242593344     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002259     Document Type: Article

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