An evaluation of the effects of cloud parameterization in the R42L9 GCM

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-162

  Wu, Tongwen ^a,b   Wang, Zaizhi ^a   Liu, Yimin ^a   Yu, Rucong ^a   Wu, Guoxiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Climatological cloud scheme; Cloud parameterization; Diagnostic cloud scheme; Effect of cloud on model performance; R42L9 model

Indexed keywords

EID: 16544386242     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02915701     Document Type: Article

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