A global cloud-resolving simulation: Preliminary results from an aqua planet experiment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tomita, H ^a   Miura, H ^a   Iga, S ^a   Nasuno, T ^a   Satoh, M ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AQUA PLANET; GLOBAL CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; GRID INTERVALS; PRECIPITATION CYCLES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODELING;

DRYAS IULIA;

EID: 22944464732     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022459     Document Type: Article

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