Evaluation of a GCM subgrid cloud-radiation interaction parameterization using cloud-resolving model simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Liang, Xin Zhong ^a,b   Wu, Xiaoqing ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT (ARM); CLOUD WATER; CLOUD-RADIATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 20044366050     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022301     Document Type: Article

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