Validation of TOA radiation and clouds simulated by different versions of the LMD general circulation model in comparison to satellite and ground-based data

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 39, Issue SUPP, 2003, Pages

  Eliseev, A V ^a   Le Treut, H ^b   Mokhov, I I ^a   Doutriaux Boucher, M ^c   Chernokulsky, A V ^a,d  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 1642355183     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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