Cloud representation in general-circulation models over the northern Pacific Ocean: A EUROCS intercomparison study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3245-3267

  Siebesma, A P ^a   Jakob, C ^b   Lenderink, G ^a   Neggers, R A J ^a,c   Teixeira, J ^d   Van Meijgaard, E ^a   Calvo, J ^e   Chlond, A ^f   Grenier, H ^g   Jones, C ^h   Kohler M ⁱ   Kitagawa, H ^j   Marquet, P ^g   Lock, A P ^k   Muller F ^f   Olmeda, D ^e   Severijns, C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^g CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^h Rossby Climate Center   (Sweden)

ⁱ EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^j JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Clouds; Convection; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA SETS; EUROPEAN CLOUD SYSTEMS STUDY (EUROCS); INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONES (ITCZ); LARGE SCALE DYNAMICS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; CUMULUS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODELING;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 12344288400     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.146     Document Type: Article

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