The semidirect aerosol effect: Comparison of a single-column model with large eddy simulation for marine stratocumulus

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Johnson, B T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON BLACK; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); LIQUID WATER BATH (LWB); NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (NCR); SINGLE COLUMN-COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODEL (SCCM);

AEROSOLS;

BLACK CARBON; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 13844292770     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3233.1     Document Type: Article

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