Evaluation of upper tropospheric water vapor in the NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM3) using modeled and observed HIRS radiances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Iacono, Michael J ^a   Delamere, Jennifer S ^a   Mlawer, Eli J ^a   Clough, Shepard A ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; GCM; HIRS; Numerical modeling; Radiation; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 18744417455     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002539     Document Type: Article

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